Measuring outcomes in trials of interventions for people who self-harm: qualitative study of service users' views.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients often have very different ideas from clinicians about what they want treatments to achieve. Their views on what outcomes are important are not always reflected in trials.

Aims

To elicit the views of people who self-harm on the most commonly used outcome measures and to identify the outcomes that matter to them.

Method

We conducted in-depth interviews with 18 people with histories of self-harm, recruited from hospital and community settings. We conducted thematic analysis using a framework approach and used visual mapping to arrive at our final analysis and interpretation.

Results

Participants' accounts contained a number of challenges to the validity and meaningfulness of current trial outcome measures. Five broad issues emerged: (a) relatio

SUBMITTER: Owens C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7176829 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature