An investigation of methods to improve recall for the patient-reported outcome measurement in COPD patients: a pilot randomised control trial and feasibility study protocol.

Patient-reported outcome measurement Patient-reported outcomes Recall bias

Journal

Pilot and feasibility studies
ISSN: 2055-5784
Titre abrégé: Pilot Feasibility Stud
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101676536

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2019
Historique:
received: 07 01 2019
accepted: 04 07 2019
entrez: 31 7 2019
pubmed: 31 7 2019
medline: 31 7 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are used to measure the effectiveness of interventions for management of chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Many of these instruments require respondents to describe the change in their health status from baseline to a follow-up assessment and poor recall of previous health status often limits the usefulness and validity of these PRO measures. The use of technology has recently increased in PRO measurement. This study aims to mitigate the problems of poor recall by evaluating different strategies as a way to improve the validity of recall of health status among adults with COPD. A pilot randomised controlled trial of three strategies to improve patient recall will be tested in an acute care clinical environment. The first strategy is the use of tablet computer technology's audio-visual facility, the second strategy is the provision of base line PRO responses prior to patients completing their follow-up questionnaires and third is standard practice of completing a questionnaire independently of previous responses. The feasibility of conducting this study in a busy clinical environment will be ascertained using the NIHR criteria for assessing feasibility. There is variability in a person's ability to recall past events. With studies utilising patient-reported outcome measurement, it has become critically important to develop strategies and ways of supporting the patient to be more accurate recalling their health status. The adaptation of various technological features within mobile devices may provide an opportunity in clinical research studies to improve patient recall of their health status. ANZCTR12618001605280.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Patient-reported outcomes (PRO) are used to measure the effectiveness of interventions for management of chronic conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Many of these instruments require respondents to describe the change in their health status from baseline to a follow-up assessment and poor recall of previous health status often limits the usefulness and validity of these PRO measures. The use of technology has recently increased in PRO measurement. This study aims to mitigate the problems of poor recall by evaluating different strategies as a way to improve the validity of recall of health status among adults with COPD.
METHODS METHODS
A pilot randomised controlled trial of three strategies to improve patient recall will be tested in an acute care clinical environment. The first strategy is the use of tablet computer technology's audio-visual facility, the second strategy is the provision of base line PRO responses prior to patients completing their follow-up questionnaires and third is standard practice of completing a questionnaire independently of previous responses. The feasibility of conducting this study in a busy clinical environment will be ascertained using the NIHR criteria for assessing feasibility.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
There is variability in a person's ability to recall past events. With studies utilising patient-reported outcome measurement, it has become critically important to develop strategies and ways of supporting the patient to be more accurate recalling their health status. The adaptation of various technological features within mobile devices may provide an opportunity in clinical research studies to improve patient recall of their health status.
TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
ANZCTR12618001605280.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31360536
doi: 10.1186/s40814-019-0475-9
pii: 475
pmc: PMC6637538
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

92

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Sheree M S Smith (SMS)

1School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Sydney, 2751 Australia.
4Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, Sydney, Australia.

Stephen Jan (S)

2George Institute for Global Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.

Joseph Descallar (J)

Ingham Applied Medical Research Institute, Liverpool, Sydney, Australia.
5South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

Guy B Marks (GB)

4Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, Glebe, Sydney, Australia.
5South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

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