An Innovational Model to Manage Patient Expectations and Improve Patient Satisfaction: An Intervention Study

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient-Centered Care; Patient Satisfaction

Treatments: Other: PSactive model; Other: No treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01542112

Patient-Centered care

AUH (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This new model to manage patient expectations was developed based on our international study conducted in four countries. The model is designed to address the main issues that lie at the core of initiatives to manage patient expectations and improve patient satisfaction. It is a structured interventional set of activities, which gives the clinician an opportunity to meet patient expectations and needs and thereby, improve patient satisfaction.

The interventional model comprise teachable-learnable communicative steps occurring between the clinician and the patient which are: Gather information on the patient's expectations and perception of the hospitalization, Respond, Provide relevant information and Document the intervention.

The intervention includes all frontline care givers; however, most of the activities will be done by the nursing staff. The set of activities will be executed by the nurses at three separate periods of time during the patient's hospitalization: time of admission, intermediate time and at time of discharge.

The study is based on the hypothesis that a structured interventional model will significantly improve patient satisfaction during hospitalization.

Enrollment: 835 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patient older than 17 years who are able to express their expectations and needs to the clinicians and further have the ability to understand and fill in a questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are demented

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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835 participants in 2 patient groups

PSactive model

Experimental group

Description:

The model is designed to address the main issues that lie at the core of initiatives to manage patient expectations and improve patient satisfaction. It is a structured interventional set of activities, which gives the clinician an opportunity to meet patient expectations and improve patient satisfaction. The interventional model is comprised of teachable-learnable interpersonal communicative steps occurring between the clinician and the patient which are: Gather information on the patient's expectations and perception of the hospitalization, respond, provide relevant information and document the intervention.

Treatment:

Other: PSactive model

No treament

Experimental group

Description:

Usual routine in the department

Treatment:

Other: No treatment