Patient-reported outcome measures in the interaction between patient and clinician - a multi-perspective qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:This article addresses patient-reported outcome (PRO)-based follow-up used as a substitute for regularly scheduled follow-ups. In PRO-based follow-up, patients' PRO data filled in by the patients at home are used by clinicians as a decision aid to identify those who need clinical attention based on an automated PRO algorithm, clinical attention being either a phone call or a physical consultation. A physical consultation in the outpatient clinic prompted by the patient's PRO is termed a "PRO consultation." In this multi-perspective qualitative study, we explored the influence of patients' self-reported data on patient-clinician interaction during PRO consultations in epilepsy outpatient clinics. Interpretive description was the methodological approach, applying data from partici

SUBMITTER: Mejdahl CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6952477 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature