Development of a 'universal-reporter' outcome measure (UROM) for patient and healthcare professional completion: a mixed methods study demonstrating a novel concept for optimal questionnaire design.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the novel concept of, and methods for developing, a 'universal-reporter' outcome measure (UROM); a single questionnaire for completion by patients and/or healthcare professionals (HCPs) when views on the same subject are required.

Design

A mixed methods study with three phases-phase I: identification of relevant content domains from existing clinical tools, patient questionnaires and in-depth interviews with multistakeholders; phase II: item development using a novel approach that considered plain language in conjunction with medical terminology; and phase III: pretesting with multistakeholders using cognitive interviews.

Setting

A case study in surgical wound assessment undertaken in two UK hospital trusts and one university setting.

Partici

SUBMITTER: Macefield R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature