Development of a patient-centred intervention to improve knowledge and understanding of antibiotic therapy in secondary care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We developed a personalised antimicrobial information module co-designed with patients. This study aimed to evaluate the potential impact of this patient-centred intervention on short-term knowledge and understanding of antimicrobial therapy in secondary care.

Methods

Thirty previous patients who had received antibiotics in hospital within 12 months were recruited to co-design an intervention to promote patient engagement with infection management. Two workshops, containing five focus-groups were held. These were audio-recorded. Data were analysed using a thematic framework developed deductively based on previous work. Line-by-line coding was performed with new themes added to the framework by two researchers. This was used to inform the development of a patient i

SUBMITTER: Rawson TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5859655 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature