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Perceptions of emergency care using a seizure care pathway for patients presenting to emergency departments in the North West of England following a seizure: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the appropriateness of a previously developed seizure care pathway by exploring to what extent patients valued the intervention and perceived it as being helpful or not.

Design

Qualitative descriptive study, using semistructured, in-depth interviews and thematic template analysis, theoretically informed by critical realism.

Setting

In North West England, a seizure care pathway has been developed in collaboration with a specialist neurology hospital to support clinical management of seizure patients on initial presentation to the emergency department (ED), as well as access to follow-up services on discharge, with the aim of improving patient experience. Three National Health Service (NHS) EDs and a specialist neurology hospital provided the setting for participant recruitment to this study.

Participants

181 patients fulfilled the inclusion criterion with 27 participants taking part following their experience of an ED attendance and outpatient follow-up appointment after a seizure.

Results

Five main themes emerged from the data: decision to seek care, responsiveness of services, waiting and efficiency, information and support, and care continuity. Two integrative themes spanned the whole study: lived experience and communication. This paper reports on two of the main themes: care continuity, and waiting and efficiency. The average time between ED presentation and interview completion was 100 days.

Conclusions

Implementation of a care pathway is a complex intervention, requiring long-term follow-up to assess its integration into practice and effectiveness in service improvement. The seizure care pathway has the potential to enhance the care of seizure patients in the ED and at follow-up by improving continuity and management of care. The study demonstrates good aspects of the seizure care pathway as observed by patients and also recognises shortcomings within current service provision and questions what the NHS should and should not be delivering. Our study suggests various ways to enhance the pathway at service level to potentially drive improved patient experience.

SUBMITTER: Male LR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6169770 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Perceptions of emergency care using a seizure care pathway for patients presenting to emergency departments in the North West of England following a seizure: a qualitative study.

Male Leanne Rachel LR Noble Adam A Snape Darlene Ann DA Dixon Peter P Marson Tony T

BMJ open 20180928 9

<h4>Objectives</h4>To establish the appropriateness of a previously developed seizure care pathway by exploring to what extent patients valued the intervention and perceived it as being helpful or not.<h4>Design</h4>Qualitative descriptive study, using semistructured, in-depth interviews and thematic template analysis, theoretically informed by critical realism.<h4>Setting</h4>In North West England, a seizure care pathway has been developed in collaboration with a specialist neurology hospital t ...[more]

PMID: 30269063

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Perceptions of emergency care using a seizure care pathway for patients presenting to emergency departments in the North West of England following a seizure: a qualitative study.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Perceptions of emergency care using a seizure care pathway for patients presenting to emergency departments in the North West of England following a seizure: a qualitative study.

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