The routine collection of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for long-term conditions in primary care: a cohort survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the feasibility of using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for long-term conditions (LTCs) in primary care.

Design

A cohort postal survey conducted from September 2010 to April 2012.

Setting

Primary care practices (n=33) in London and the North-West of England.

Participants

4484 patients with a diagnosis of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes, epilepsy, heart failure or stroke were sent a survey at baseline.

Main outcome

The main outcome was to evaluate the feasibility of and the recruitment strategies for collecting PROMs data in LTCs by assessing the response rates for the baseline and follow-up surveys. Secondary outcomes were the evaluation of change scores of the EQ-5D index and visual analogue scal

SUBMITTER: Peters M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3931992 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature