Patients are increasingly encouraged to become active players in self-care and shared
decision-making. Such attention has led to an explosion of terms–empowerment …

Patient activation is an important aspect of self-management for adults with chronic non
cancerous health conditions (CHC). However, there is limited evidence about which …

Purpose: Patient-reported outcomes are important to assess effectiveness of clinical
interventions. For orthopaedic trauma patients, the short Musculoskeletal Function …

Background In 2012, the American Orthopaedic Foot & Ankle Society® established a
national network for collecting and sharing data on treatment outcomes and improving …

Abstract Objective The Patient Activation Measure-13 (PAM-13) has been found useful for
assessing patient knowledge, skills and confidence in management of chronic conditions …

Results The item response was high, with a small number of missing values (< 1%). Floor
effect was small (range 1%–5%), but the ceiling effect was above 15% for nine items (range …

Abstract Background The Patient Activation Measure (PAM13) is an instrument that
assesses patient knowledge, skills, and confidence for disease self-management. This cross …

Measures of the patient care experience are now routinely used in public reports and
increasingly influence health provider payment. We examined data from 5,002 patients of …

Background: Selecting optimal patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments is critical to
improving the quality of health care. The purpose of this study was to compare the reliability …

Background Meaningful partnering with patients is advocated to enhance care delivery.
Little is known about how this is operationalised at the point of care during hospital ward …