PRO-based follow-up as a means of self-management support - an interpretive description of the patient perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an increasing focus on the use of patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care. PRO-based follow-up is a new model of service delivery, where the patient's PRO measures are used as the very basis for outpatient follow-up.

Objectives

This study aimed to explore how patients with epilepsy experience the use of PRO-based follow-up in three outpatient clinics in the Central Denmark Region. We also sought to explain how these experiences relate to self-management.

Methods

Interpretive description was the methodological approach. We conducted in-depth individual interviews with 29 patients referred to PRO-based follow-up, each of whom had completed at least two PRO questionnaires. Participants were sampl

SUBMITTER: Mejdahl CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6125260 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature