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How subjective well-being, patient-reported clinical improvement (PROMs) and experience of care (PREMs) relate in an acute psychiatric care setting?

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EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRY
Volume 66, Issue 1, Pages -

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CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.12

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patient-reported experience measures; patient-reported outcome measures; psychiatry; mental health care; quality indicators

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This study examines the impact of using standardized patient-reported indicators in acute psychiatric care. The findings suggest that subjective well-being indicators are relevant for evaluating the quality of hospital care, distinct from measures of symptom improvement and patient-reported experience.
BackgroundPatient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) are increasingly acknowledged as critical tools for enhancing patient-centred, value-based care. However, research is lacking on the impact of using standardized patient-reported indicators in acute psychiatric care. The aim of this study was to explore whether subjective well-being indicators (generic PROMs) are relevant for evaluating the quality of hospital care, distinct from measures of symptom improvement (disease-specific PROMs) and from PREMs. MethodsTwo hundred and forty-eight inpatients admitted to a psychiatric university hospital were included in the study between January and June 2021. Subjective well-being was assessed using standardized generic PROMs on well-being, symptom improvement was assessed using standardized disease-specific PROMs, and experience of care using PREMs. PROMs were completed at admission and discharge, PREMs were completed at discharge. Clinicians rated their experience of providing treatment using adapted PREMs items. ResultsChange in subjective well-being (PROMs) at discharge was significantly (p < 0.001), but moderately (r(2) = 28.5%), correlated to improvement in symptom outcomes, and weakly correlated to experience of care (PREMs) (r(2) = 11.0%), the latter being weakly explained by symptom changes (r(2) = 6.9%). Patients and clinicians assessed the experience of care differently. ConclusionsThis study supports the case for routinely measuring patients' subjective well-being to better capture the unmet needs of patients undergoing psychiatric hospital treatment, and the use of standardized patient-reported measures as key indicators of high quality of care across mental health services.

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