Patient-reported Outcome Measures – A Call for More Narrative Evidence

This article puts forward the need to reconsider the current underlying quantitative approach underpinning the application of patient reported outcomes, to a mixed methods approach through the tandem use of patients’ narrative that enables informants in addition to their scores to express the realit...

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Main Author: Keith Meadows BA (Hons), PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-10-01
Series:Journal of Patient Experience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735211049666
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Summary:This article puts forward the need to reconsider the current underlying quantitative approach underpinning the application of patient reported outcomes, to a mixed methods approach through the tandem use of patients’ narrative that enables informants in addition to their scores to express the reality of the ways in which their lives are physically and mentally impacted by their health status.
ISSN:2374-3743