Validity and reliability of the Patient Centred Assessment Method for patient complexity and relationship with hospital length of stay: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Several instruments for evaluating patient complexity have been developed from a biopsychosocial perspective. Although relationships between the results obtained by these instruments and the length of stay in hospital have been examined, many instruments are complicated and not easy to use. The Patient Centred Assessment Method (PCAM) is a candidate for practical use. This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the PCAM and examine the correlations between length of hospital stay and PCAM scores in a regional secondary care hospital in Japan.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Participants and setting

Two hundred and one patients admitted to Ouji Coop Hospital between July 2014 and September 2014.

Main predictor

PCAM total score in initial

SUBMITTER: Yoshida S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5623372 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature