Feasibility of Tablet-Based Patient-Reported Symptom Data Collection Among Hemodialysis Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Individuals receiving in-center hemodialysis have high symptom burdens but often do not report their symptoms to care teams. Evidence from other diseases suggest that use of symptom electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) may improve outcomes. We assessed the usability of a symptom ePROM system and then implemented a quality improvement (QI) project with the objective of improving symptom communication at a US hemodialysis clinic. During the project, we assessed the feasibility of ePROM implementation and conducted a substudy exploring the effect of ePROM use on patient-centered care.

Methods

After conducting usability testing, we used mixed methods, guided by the Quality Implementation Framework, to implement a 16-week symptom ePROM QI project. We

SUBMITTER: Flythe JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7335968 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature