Development and validation of a patient-centered knowledge scale for left ventricular assist device placement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A central tenet of patient-centered health care advocated by the Institute of Medicine and the American Medical Association is to enhance informed decision-making in a way that incorporates patient values, knowledge and beliefs. Achievement of this goal is constrained by a lack of validated measures of patients' knowledge needs.

Methods

In this study we present a comprehensive and valid methodology for developing a clinically informed and patient-centered measure of knowledge about left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy to facilitate discussion and measure candidate understanding of treatment options. Using structured interviews with patients, caregivers, candidates for LVAD treatment (New York Heart Association Class III and IV) and expert clinicians (n =

SUBMITTER: Kostick KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5500179 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature