Patient understanding of two commonly used patient reported outcome measures for primary care: a cognitive interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Standardised generic patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) which measure health status are often unresponsive to change in primary care. Alternative formats, which have been used to increase responsiveness, include individualised PROMs (in which respondents specify the outcomes of interest in their own words) and transitional PROMs (in which respondents directly rate change over a period). The objective of this study was to test qualitatively, through cognitive interviews, two PROMs, one using each respective format.

Methods

The individualised PROM selected was the Measure Yourself Medical Outcomes Profile (MYMOP). The transitional PROM was the Patient Enablement Instrument (PEI). Twenty patients who had recently attended the GP were interviewed while completi

SUBMITTER: Murphy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6161379 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature