Key result
Qualitative interviews with 8 cardiac surgery patients identified five key themes regarding care experiences: overall experience, communication, physical environment, care needs, and person-centred care.
Why the study?
Current patient experience surveys are designed as one-size-fits-all tools and fail to address items specific to clinical groups, creating a need to understand the specific aspects of care deemed important to cardiac surgery patients.
What specific aspects of care are deemed important to cardiac surgery patients based on their experiences?
Design
Qualitative study using semistructured telephone interviews and thematic analysis
Authors
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These themes may inform cardiac surgery experience measures; hypothesis-generating and requires larger validation studies.
What specific aspects of care are deemed important to cardiac surgery patients based on their experiences?
Qualitative interviews with cardiac surgery patients identified five key themes important to their care experience, which could inform the development of a specific patient experience survey.
Kemp et al. (2020) studied Cardiac surgery (n=8). Cardiac surgery care experience was evaluated on Themes and subthemes deemed important by participants. Qualitative interviews with 8 cardiac surgery patients identified five key themes regarding care experiences: overall experience, communication, physical environment, care needs, and person-centred care.
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