Lessons learnt during the implementation of a web-based triage tool for Dutch intensive care follow-up clinics.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Screening for symptoms of postintensive care syndrome is based on a long list of questionnaires, filled out by the intensive care unit (ICU) survivor and manually reviewed by the health professional. This is an inefficient and time-consuming process. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of a web-based triage tool and to compare the outcomes from web-based questionnaires to those from paper-based questionnaires.

Design

A mixed-methods study.

Setting

Nine Dutch ICU follow-up clinics.

Participants

221 ICU survivors and 14 health professionals.

Interventions

A web-based triage tool was implemented by nine ICU follow-up clinics. End users, that is, health professionals were interviewed in order to evaluate the feasibility of the tr

SUBMITTER: van Beusekom I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6157570 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature