Patient and practitioners’ views on the most important outcomes arising from primary care consultations: a qualitative study

Conclusions: No existing PROM captures all these outcomes. For example, many health empowerment PROMs do not consider patient preference on empowerment. Many health status tools are not responsive to changes resulting from primary care. Health perceptions PROMs have generally been designed for measuring personality traits rather than outcomes.This study provides a platform for designing a new PROM containing outcomes that matter to patients and can be influenced by primary care. Such a PROM would greatly enhance the value of primary care research.
Source: BMC Family Practice - Category: Primary Care Authors: Source Type: research