Trial reportHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2005
A consultation leaflet to improve an older patient's involvement in general practice care: a randomized trial.
Trial report in Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Interventions for improving older patients' involvement in primary care episodes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2007Pooled it
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- Development of a Question Prompt Sheet for Cancer Patients Receiving Outpatient Palliative Care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2016Article
- Comparative investigation of the effectiveness of face-to-face verbal training and educational pamphlets on readiness of patients before undergoing non-emergency surgeries.Journal of education and health promotion · 2015Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effects of a programme to enhance the involvement of older patients in their consultations in general practice.
designCluster randomized trial, in which data was collected from different cohorts. SETTING AND
participantsTwenty-five general practices in the south-east part of the Netherlands and their patients aged 70 years and over.
interventionPatients in the intervention group received a leaflet to help them prepare for the consultation. General practitioners (GPs) received an outreach visit to optimize older patients' involvement when visiting their GP. Patients in the control group received usual care.
main outcome measuresQuestionnaires measuring involvement (COMRADE), enablement (Patient Enablement Index) and satisfaction with their care (EUROPEP).
resultsPre-intervention 315 patients and post-intervention 263 patients were included. Subjects were satisfied with their involvement and the GP's behaviour during the consultation. No differences in effect as a result of the leaflet on involvement, enablement or satisfaction were found between the intervention and the control group. Of 318 patients who received the leaflet and visited their GP in the intervention period, 47 patients used the leaflet. These users were more accustomed to prepare themselves for consultations. Users reported more psychological problems than non-users.
conclusionsNo relevant effects of the implementation programme on involvement, enablement or satisfaction were found. Other strategies are needed to enhance involvement of older patients in their care. Alternatively, older patients may perceive themselves sufficiently involved.
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