Developing a measure to assess the quality of care transitions for older people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transition of older patients (over 65 years of age) from hospital to their own home is a time when patients are at high risk. No measure currently exists to assess the experience, quality and safety of care transitions relevant to UK population. We aim to describe the development and initial testing of the Partners at Care Transitions Measure (PACT-M) as a patient-reported questionnaire for evaluation of the quality and safety of care transitions from hospital to home in older patients.

Methods

We used an established measure development procedure which includes conceptualising the components of care transitions, item development, conducting a modified Delphi process and pilot-testing of the PACT-M with patients over 65 years old using telephone administration.

SUBMITTER: Oikonomou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6642522 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature