Assessing the relevance and implementation of patient-centredness from the patients' perspective in Germany: results of a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient-centredness (PC) has particularly grown in relevance in health services research as well as in politics and there has been much research on its conceptualisation. However, conceptual work neglected the patients' perspective. Thus, it remains unclear which dimensions of PC matter most to patients. This study aims to assess relevance and current degree of implementation of PC from the perspective of chronically ill patients in Germany.

Methods

We conducted a Delphi study. Patients were recruited throughout Germany using community-based strategies (eg, newspapers and support groups). In round 1, patients rated relevance and implementation of 15 dimensions of PC anonymously. In round 2, patients received results of round 1 and were asked to re-rate their own re

SUBMITTER: Zeh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7008421 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature