Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) use in post-stroke patient care and clinical practice: a realist synthesis protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing interest in the use of routine patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to influence the care of individual patients with stroke. However, there are significant gaps in our understanding as to how PROMs influence post-stroke patient care and clinical practice. This is due to factors including the number of purported uses for PROMs and that PROMs are complex interventions, which attempt to stimulate varied actions or behaviours. Therefore, the objective of this realist synthesis is to offer theory-based explanations as to how PROMs influence post-stroke clinical practice and patient care.

Methods

This is a protocol for a realist synthesis, which involves three distinct phases: theory building (phase 1), theory testing and refinement (phase 2) and

SUBMITTER: Smith A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082773 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature