The Tell me tool: The development and feasibility of a tool for person-centred infertility care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An important-and often missing-element of person-centred care is the inclusion of individual patients' values and preferences. This is challenging but especially important for high-burden fertility treatments. We describe the development of a clinical tool that aims to facilitate the delivery of person-centred fertility care by giving insight into the patients' values and preferences.

Methods

We developed the Tell me tool following the three principles of user-centred design: (1) early and continual focus on users; (2) iterative design; (3) measurement of user behaviour. Accordingly, our methods consisted of three phases: (1) conducting semi-structured interviews with 18 couples undergoing fertility treatment, followed by a consensus meeting with relevant stakehol

SUBMITTER: Verkerk EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122469 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature