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Evaluation of real-time use of electronic patient-reported outcome data by nurses with patients in home dialysis clinics

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, June 2017
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Title
Evaluation of real-time use of electronic patient-reported outcome data by nurses with patients in home dialysis clinics
Published in
BMC Health Services Research, June 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12913-017-2377-y
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Authors

Kara Schick-Makaroff, Anita E. Molzahn

Abstract

Internationally, the use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) is increasing. Electronic PROs (ePROs) offer immediate access of such reports to healthcare providers. The objectives of this study were to assess nurses' perspectives on the usefulness and impact of ePRO administration in home dialysis clinics and assess patient perceptions of satisfaction with nursing care following use of ePROs. A concurrent, longitudinal, mixed methods study was conducted over 6 months during home dialysis outpatient clinic visits in two cities. Patients (n = 99) provided ePROs using tablet computers when they visited the clinic on two consecutive occasions approximately 3 months apart. Results were scored, printed, and given to nurses before patient appointments. Patients completed satisfaction items from the Comox Valley Nursing Centre Client questionnaire following their appointments. All clinic nurses (n = 11) participated and they were each interviewed twice, three months and six months after the start of the study. The five themes that emerged from the interviews with the nurses include: enhancing focus of the nurses, directing interdisciplinary follow-up, offering support to patients through the process, interpreting results from the visual display, and integrating into workflow. Scores on the Client Questionnaire suggested that patients believed that they received excellent care (97%), and that the nurses perfectly understood their needs (90.9%). However, their satisfaction with care did not change over time when ePRO data was repeatedly provided to their nurses. Nurses reported that sharing ePRO data in real-time informed their practice. Although there was no statistically significant change in patient satisfaction scores over time, some patients reported changes and benefits from the use of ePROs. Further research is needed to provide guidance about how ePRO data could enhance person-centered care.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 97 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 20 21%
Researcher 11 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 9%
Other 8 8%
Student > Bachelor 8 8%
Other 11 11%
Unknown 30 31%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 26 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 13 13%
Social Sciences 8 8%
Computer Science 6 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 2%
Other 9 9%
Unknown 33 34%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 July 2017.
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#6,051,831
of 22,982,639 outputs
Outputs from BMC Health Services Research
#2,766
of 7,697 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#95,914
of 315,536 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#66
of 143 outputs
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