Strategies for developing and implementing a rheumatoid arthritis healthcare quality framework: a thematic analysis of perspectives from arthritis stakeholders.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To obtain stakeholder perspectives to inform the development and implementation of a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) healthcare quality measurement framework.

Design

Qualitative study using thematic analysis of focus groups and interviews.

Setting

Arthritis stakeholders from across Canada including healthcare providers, persons living with RA, clinic managers and policy leaders were recruited for the focus groups and interviews.

Participants

Fifty-four stakeholders from nine provinces.

Interventions

Qualitative researchers led each focus group/interview using a semistructured guide; the digitally recorded data were transcribed verbatim. Two teams of two coders independently analysed the transcripts using thematic analysis.

Results

Perspective

SUBMITTER: Barber C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7938986 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature