Developing outcome measures assessing wound management and patient experience: a mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To develop outcome measures to assess practical management of primary surgical wounds and patient experience.

Design

Mixed methods, including qualitative interviews and data extraction from published randomised controlled trials (RCTs).

Setting

Two university-teaching NHS hospitals and three district NHS hospitals in the South West and Midlands regions of England.

Participants

Sixty-four patients and 15 healthcare professionals from abdominal general surgical specialities and obstetrics (caesarean section).

Methods

Measures were developed according to standard guidelines to identify issues relevant to patients' experiences of surgical wounds and dressings, including analysis of existing RCT outcomes and semi-structured interviews. These were w

SUBMITTER: Elliott D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719294 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature