How the Routine Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Hemodialysis Care Influences Patient-Clinician Communication: A Mixed-Methods Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Patient-reported outcome measures invite patients to self-report aspects of their quality of life and have been reported to enhance communication with clinicians. We aimed to examine how routine use of patient-reported outcome measures in in-center hemodialysis units influenced patient-clinician communication.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

A concurrent, longitudinal, mixed-methods approach was used. We used data from a cluster randomized controlled trial of 17 hemodialysis units in northern Alberta that introduced a patient-reported outcome measures intervention. Patient-clinician communication was assessed using a modified Communication Assessment Tool. Using interpretive description, we explored patients' and nurses' perceptions of

SUBMITTER: Schick-Makaroff K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9718041 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature