Abstract
Objective: Patient-directed knowledge tools are designed to engage patients in dialogue or deliberation, to support patient decision-making or self-care of chronic conditions. However, an abundance of these exists. The tools themselves and their purposes are not always clearly defined; creating challenges for developers and users (professionals, patients). The study's aim was to develop a conceptual framework of patient-directed knowledge tool types.
Methods: A face-to-face evidence-informed consensus meeting with 15 international experts. After the meeting, the framework went through two rounds of feedback before informal consensus was reached.
Results: A conceptual framework containing five patient-directed knowledge tool types was developed. The first part of the framework describes the tools' purposes and the second focuses on the tools' core elements.
Conclusion: The framework provides clarity on which types of patient-directed tools exist, the purposes they serve, and which core elements they prototypically include. It is a working framework and will require further refinement as the area develops, alongside validation with a broader group of stakeholders.
Practice implications: The framework assists developers and users to know which type a tool belongs, its purpose and core elements, helping them to develop and use the right tool for the right job. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1898-1904 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Patient Education and Counseling |
Volume | 102 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Oct 2019 |
Keywords
- Framework
- Knowledge
- Tools
- (Shared) decision-making
- Patient education
- Communication
- SHARED DECISION-MAKING
- PATIENTS PREFERENCES
- COMMUNICATION
- EXPECTATIONS
- INVOLVEMENT
- ENGAGEMENT
- BENEFITS
- OUTCOMES
- HARMS
- TESTS