Table 2 Themes and questions in questionnaire assessing care used by reviewing clinicians
From: Quality of care for people with multimorbidity – a case series
Overall theme | Specific theme | Questions |
|---|---|---|
Health care services provided | Has the right treatment been offered? | - Do you assess that the patient has received the right professional treatment? |
Has the patient been offered the needed amount of self-management support? | - Do you assess that the patient has received the necessary self-management support (e.g. support to self-monitoring, conduct lifestyle changes and medication management) | |
Has the patient been offered appropriate rehabilitation? | - Do you assess that the patient has received relevant and sufficient rehabilitation services? | |
Does the patient receive treatment in the appropriate settings? | - Does the patient receive treatment in the appropriate settings? | |
Does the patient receive treatment from the appropriate providers? | - Does the patient receive care from relevant providers? | |
- Do you assess that the patients have received the necessary care from specialists? | ||
- Do you assess that the patient has received the necessary nurse care? | ||
- Do you assess that the patient has received the necessary care from general practice? | ||
- Do you assess that the patient has received the necessary home nurse care? | ||
Medical treatment | Is medical treatment appropriate? | Does the patient receive appropriate treatment? |
Does medical treatment take comorbidity into account? | Does the medical treatment take co-morbidity into account? | |
Are the prescribed medications relevant taken the full pathological picture into account? | ||
Are medications missing from treatment? | Are there relevant medication missing? | |
Is there a risk of drug-drug interactions? | Is there a risk of drug-drug interaction? | |
Can some prescribed medications affect comorbidities? | Can some of the prescribed medications affect the patients’ comorbidities? |