Unmet Needs and Strategies to Promote Patient Engagement in the Arab World: Experts' Opinion.
arab countries
healthcare services
healthcare system
patient engagement
patient experience
patient satisfaction
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2024
Mar 2024
Historique:
accepted:
22
03
2024
medline:
24
4
2024
pubmed:
24
4
2024
entrez:
24
4
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The significance of patient engagement (PE) is widely acknowledged as a crucial element in fostering positive health outcomes, elevating care quality, and streamlining healthcare systems. Despite its recognized advantages, the level of patient engagement in Arab nations remains suboptimal. A high-level assembly was convened in Dubai with 11 distinguished patient advocates from diverse Arab countries. Their collective aim was to dissect the obstacles hindering patient engagement in the Arab world and propose pragmatic strategies to surmount them. First, a series of five open-ended, comprehensive questions were posed and thoroughly deliberated upon. Second, the barriers to patient engagement within the experts' respective communities were debated. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted and two reports were generated by two independent researchers from the original meeting recordings. This paper highlights the importance of patient engagement in advancing healthcare and categorizes barriers to patient engagement as patient-related, provider-related, or system/government-related. The experts identified the primary gaps in patient engagement and proposed strategies to promote it, with a primary focus on motivating both patients and providers toward shared decision-making. This paper amalgamates the insights and recommendations distilled from the expert gathering, juxtaposing them within the broader context of existing literature on patient engagement. Offering a comprehensive viewpoint, this article delves into the challenges and opportunities intrinsic to bolstering patient engagement in the Arab world. Moreover, it spotlights invaluable tools often overlooked within Arab countries. The practical insights provided here can serve as a roadmap for administrators and decision-makers, providing guidance to enhance patient engagement on both a national and institutional scale.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The significance of patient engagement (PE) is widely acknowledged as a crucial element in fostering positive health outcomes, elevating care quality, and streamlining healthcare systems. Despite its recognized advantages, the level of patient engagement in Arab nations remains suboptimal.
METHODS
METHODS
A high-level assembly was convened in Dubai with 11 distinguished patient advocates from diverse Arab countries. Their collective aim was to dissect the obstacles hindering patient engagement in the Arab world and propose pragmatic strategies to surmount them. First, a series of five open-ended, comprehensive questions were posed and thoroughly deliberated upon. Second, the barriers to patient engagement within the experts' respective communities were debated. A qualitative thematic analysis was conducted and two reports were generated by two independent researchers from the original meeting recordings.
RESULTS
RESULTS
This paper highlights the importance of patient engagement in advancing healthcare and categorizes barriers to patient engagement as patient-related, provider-related, or system/government-related. The experts identified the primary gaps in patient engagement and proposed strategies to promote it, with a primary focus on motivating both patients and providers toward shared decision-making.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
This paper amalgamates the insights and recommendations distilled from the expert gathering, juxtaposing them within the broader context of existing literature on patient engagement. Offering a comprehensive viewpoint, this article delves into the challenges and opportunities intrinsic to bolstering patient engagement in the Arab world. Moreover, it spotlights invaluable tools often overlooked within Arab countries. The practical insights provided here can serve as a roadmap for administrators and decision-makers, providing guidance to enhance patient engagement on both a national and institutional scale.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38654792
doi: 10.7759/cureus.56804
pmc: PMC11036113
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e56804Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2024, Nabil et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared financial relationships, which are detailed in the next section.
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