Development of a brief, generic, modular resource-use measure (ModRUM): cognitive interviews with patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Self-report resource-use measures (RUMs) are often used to collect healthcare use data from participants in healthcare studies. However, RUMs are typically adapted from existing measures on a study-by-study basis, resulting in a lack of standardisation which limits comparability across studies. Psychometric testing of RUMs is rarely conducted. This paper reports on cognitive interviews with patients to test the content validity and acceptability of a new RUM (ModRUM). ModRUM is a brief, generic RUM with a core module on healthcare use and questions/modules to increase depth and breadth.

Methods

A purposeful sampling strategy with maximum variation was used to recruit patients from primary care to participate in "think-aloud" interviews with retrospective probing.

SUBMITTER: Garfield K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8058988 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature