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Table 2 Constructs and items of the PRMs Implementation Assessment Tools for patients

From: Evaluating the implementation of PROMs and PREMs in routine clinical care: co-design of tools from the perspective of patients and healthcare professionals

Constructs

Items

Focus of the consultationa

• Understanding of health status

• Talked about important topics of daily life

• Doctor has overall view of health status

Active involvement of the patienta

• Visit preparation

• Participation at the hospital has increased recently

• The image of the hospital has improved recently

Knowledge and beliefs about the implementationa

• Answering health questionnaires improves the care received

• It is useful to evaluate the care received

Return to the patientb

• Professionals discuss responses to health questionnaire with patient

Value of the implementationb

• Questionnaires help communicate with healthcare professionals

• Questionnaires help remember to share symptoms to healthcare professionals

• Help sharing uncomfortable issues

• Facilitate that psychological issues be discussed and addressed

Acceptabilityb,c

• Frequency to answer health questionnaires is adequate

• Frequency to answer experience questionnaires is adequate

• Time is takes to respond health questionnaires is adequate

• Time is takes to respond experience questionnaires is adequate

• Health-related questions are repetitive

• Experience-related questions are repetitive

• Questions are adequate for current health status

Suitability for all patientsb,c

• Questionnaires include all relevant information

• Health questionnaires are reassuring

• Health questionnaires create anxiety

Usabilityb,c

• Program used to answer questionnaires is easy to use

• Display of the questions is good

• Wording of the questions is understandable

• Answering questions electronically facilitates participation

Sustainabilitya,b,c

• Willing to answer health questionnaires

• Willing to answer questions about the care received

• Willing to answer questionnaires on personal electronic devices

• Would like to continue answering questionnaires

  1. aGeneral to PRMs implementations
  2. bPROMs implementation
  3. cPREMs implementation