Presenting Patient-Reported Outcomes Data to Improve Patient and Clinician Understanding and Use
Year: 2018
Type: report
Abstract: What was the research about?Information that patients provide about their health problems or treatments can help them and their clinicians, such as doctors and nurses, manage patients' care.One type of information, called patientreported outcomes, comes from surveys that ask patients how they are feeling and how bad their symptoms are.The surveys also ask patients how well they can function in daily life.The survey results help patients and clinicians track how patients are doing over time; they also help them make treatment decisions.Also, researchers can combine survey results from many patients.These results help researchers see how well treatments work to improve symptoms and well-being.Patients and clinicians need to understand the survey results for them to be useful in treatment decisions.How well patients and clinicians understand results may depend on the display format of the results.
Authors: Claire Snyder, Michael Brundage, Katherine Smith, Elissa Bantug, Elliott Tolbert, Emily Little, Amanda Blackford, Neil Aaronson, Patricia Ganz, Ravin Garg, Michael Fisch, Vanessa Hoffman, Bryce Reeve, Eden Stotsky-Himelfarb, Ellen Stovall, Matthew Zachary
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Language: English
Subfield: General Health Professions
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2904428592