Acceptance, Usage, and Barriers of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Among German Rheumatologists: Survey Study
| العنوان: | Acceptance, Usage, and Barriers of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes Among German Rheumatologists: Survey Study |
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| المؤلفون: | Manuel Grahammer, Arnd Kleyer, Philipp Klemm, Johanna Mucke, Johannes Knitza, Martin Krusche, Philipp Sewerin, Diana Vossen |
| المصدر: | JMIR mHealth and uHealth JMIR mHealth and uHealth, Vol 8, Iss 7, p e18117 (2020) |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Adult, Male, rheumatoid arthritis, medicine.medical_specialty, electronic patient-reported outcome measures, rheumatology, Health Informatics, Information technology, German, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Internal medicine, Surveys and Questionnaires, medicine, eHealth, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Limited evidence, Patient Reported Outcome Measures, 030203 arthritis & rheumatology, Original Paper, mobile phone, business.industry, Morning stiffness, Survey research, Middle Aged, T58.5-58.64, patient perspective, language.human_language, Rheumatology, Clinical Practice, Scale (social sciences), Family medicine, language, Female, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Electronics, Rheumatologists, business |
| الوصف: | Background The use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) allows for patient-centered, measurable, and transparent care. Electronic PROs (ePROs) have many benefits and hold great potential to improve current usage of PROs, yet limited evidence exists regarding their acceptance, usage, and barriers among rheumatologists. Objective This study aims to evaluate the current level of acceptance, usage, and barriers among German rheumatologists regarding the use of ePROs. The importance of different ePRO features for rheumatologists was investigated. Additionally, the most frequently used PROs for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were identified. Methods Data were collected via an online survey consisting of 18 questions. The survey was completed by members of the Working Group Young Rheumatology of the German Society for Rheumatology (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Junge Rheumatologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Rheumatologie [DGRh]) at the 2019 annual DGRh conference. Only members currently working in clinical adult rheumatology were eligible to complete the survey. Results A total of 119 rheumatologists completed the survey, of which 107 (89.9%) reported collecting PROs in routine practice and 28 (25.5%) already used ePROs. Additionally, 44% (43/97) were planning to switch to ePROs in the near future. The most commonly cited reason for not switching was the unawareness of suitable software solutions. Respondents were asked to rate the features of ePROs on a scale of 0 to 100 (0=unimportant, 100=important). The most important features were automatic score calculation and display (mean 77.50) and simple data transfer to medical reports (mean 76.90). When asked about PROs in RA, the respondents listed pain, morning stiffness, and patient global assessment as the most frequently used PROs. Conclusions The potential of ePROs is widely seen and there is great interest in them. Despite this, only a minority of physicians use ePROs, and the main reason for not implementing them was cited as the unawareness of suitable software solutions. Developers, patients, and rheumatologists should work closely together to help realize the full potential of ePROs and ensure a seamless integration into clinical practice. |
| تدمد: | 2291-5222 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9ad4c02e6b02a126bc184c5d587f387fTest https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32390592Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9ad4c02e6b02a126bc184c5d587f387f |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 22915222 |
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