PREMS and PROMS data within the acute health care context: a scoping review protocol

Abstract

Objective: The objective of this scoping review is to investigate use of patient reported experience measures and patient reported outcome measures within the acute health care context.

Introduction: Data from patient reported outcome measures and patient reported experience measures provide important information for health professionals and organizations in order to improve patient-centered care. These two measures have potential to narrow the gap between the clinician's and patient's views and help tailor treatment plans to meet the patient's preferences and needs.

Inclusion criteria: This scoping review will consider studies that include patients of any age and any condition who have obtained care from any acute health care facility. The concepts of this review are: the types of research studies that have been done using patient reported experience measures and patient reported outcome measures data in acute hospital settings, the geographical contexts of these two measures' studies, the barriers and facilitators that have been identified in studies that use data from the measures, the characteristics of patient reported experience measures and patient reported outcome measures data and the ways in which these types of data have been applied to clinical practice in acute care settings. This review will consider studies that are set in any acute health care setting including inpatient and outpatient areas, emergency departments, and critical care units.

Methods: This scoping review, utilizing JBI methods, will include an extensive search of the databases for published and unpublished literature. The review will consider any type of quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods research evidence as well as systematic reviews to understand how hospitals use patient reported experience measures and patient reported outcome measures data in health care. Each included study will be assessed by two independent reviewers and data will be extracted from included papers using a standardized data extraction tool.