Delivery styles and formats for different stroke information topics: patient and carer preferences
- Författare
- Eames S, Hoffmann T, Worrall L, Read S.
- Titel
- Delivery styles and formats for different stroke information topics: patient and carer preferences
- Utgivningsår
- 2011
- Tidskrift
- Patient Education and Counseling
- Volym
- 84
- Häfte
- 2
- Sidor
- e18-23
- Sammanfattning
OBJECTIVE:
To identify the preferences of patients with stroke and their carers for format and delivery style, of different categories of stroke information, and whether these preferences changed over time.
METHODS:
A semi-structured questionnaire, designed to explore preferences for four topic categories was administered to 34 acute stroke unit patients and 18 carers prior to discharge and again, 3 months after discharge to 27 of these patients and 16 of these carers.
RESULTS:
Overall format preferences were a combination of face-to-face, written and telephone for both patients and carers prior to discharge. This combination continued for carers following discharge, while patients preferred face-to-face, written and alternative formats of online and audiovisual at this time. Patients and carers most frequently preferred delivery styles appeared to be a mix of active and passive delivery styles, across all topics. Access to a telephone hotline was a popular delivery style.
CONCLUSION:
Patient and carer preferences varied, supporting the need to offer a variety of formats and delivery styles at each point of contact.
PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS:
By focusing on specific formats and delivery styles for different topics, health professionals may maximise the access to, and relevance of, stroke information for patients and their carers.