Development and Feasibility of SymTrak, aMulti-domain Tool for Monitoring Symptoms of Older Adults in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:A clinically practical, brief, user-friendly, multi-domain self-report and caregiver-report tool is needed for tracking actionable symptoms in primary care for elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). OBJECTIVE:Develop and assess usability, administration time, and internal reliability of SymTrak. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS:Phase I: legacy instruments, content validity, analyses of existing data, focus groups (physicians, nurses, patients, informal caregivers), and Think Aloud interviews (patients, caregivers) were used to develop SymTrak. Phase II (pilot feasibility study): 81 (27 patient-caregiver dyads, 27 patients without an identified caregiver) participants were self-administered SymTrak in clinic. MAIN MEASURES:SymTrak and demographic questions. KEY RESULTS:

SUBMITTER: Monahan PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6544681 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature