Patrick O Monahan1,2, Kurt Kroenke3,4,5, Christopher M Callahan3,5,6, Tamilyn Bakas7, Amanda Harrawood6, Phillip Lofton6, Danielle Frye6, Claire Draucker7, Timothy Stump3, Debra Saliba8, James E Galvin9, Amanda Keegan6, Mary G Austrom10, Malaz Boustani3,5,6. 1. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. pmonahan@iu.edu. 2. Indiana University School of Public Health, Indianapolis, IN, USA. pmonahan@iu.edu. 3. Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 4. VA HSR&D Center for Health Information and Communication, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 5. Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, USA. 6. Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 7. Indiana University School of Nursing, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 8. University of California Borun Center and Veterans Administration, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 9. Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 10. Indiana University Department of Psychiatry, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A clinically practical, brief, user-friendly, multi-domain self-report and caregiver-report tool is needed for tracking actionable symptoms in primary care for elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). OBJECTIVE: Develop and assess usability, administration time, and internal reliability of SymTrak. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Phase I: legacy instruments, content validity, analyses of existing data, focus groups (physicians, nurses, patients, informal caregivers), and Think Aloud interviews (patients, caregivers) were used to develop SymTrak. Phase II (pilot feasibility study): 81 (27 patient-caregiver dyads, 27 patients without an identified caregiver) participants were self-administered SymTrak in clinic. MAIN MEASURES: SymTrak and demographic questions. KEY RESULTS: Consistent themes emerged from phase I focus groups. Ambiguous wording was corrected with Think Aloud feedback. In phase II, patients and caregivers preferred circling words instead of numbers for item response options. SymTrak self-administration completion time in clinic was brief; mean was 2.4, 3.0, and 3.3 min for the finalized circlingwords version, respectively, for caregivers, dyadic patients, and patients without a caregiver; and the maximum was 6.2 min for any participant. Usability questionnaire ratings were high. Cronbach's alpha for the SymTrak 23-item total score was 0.86, 0.79, and 0.81 for caregivers, dyadic patients, and patients without a caregiver, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: SymTrak demonstrates content validity, positive qualitative findings, high perceived usability, brief self-administered completion time, and good internal reliability.
BACKGROUND: A clinically practical, brief, user-friendly, multi-domain self-report and caregiver-report tool is needed for tracking actionable symptoms in primary care for elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs). OBJECTIVE: Develop and assess usability, administration time, and internal reliability of SymTrak. DESIGN AND PARTICIPANTS: Phase I: legacy instruments, content validity, analyses of existing data, focus groups (physicians, nurses, patients, informal caregivers), and Think Aloud interviews (patients, caregivers) were used to develop SymTrak. Phase II (pilot feasibility study): 81 (27 patient-caregiver dyads, 27 patients without an identified caregiver) participants were self-administered SymTrak in clinic. MAIN MEASURES: SymTrak and demographic questions. KEY RESULTS: Consistent themes emerged from phase I focus groups. Ambiguous wording was corrected with Think Aloud feedback. In phase II, patients and caregivers preferred circling words instead of numbers for item response options. SymTrak self-administration completion time in clinic was brief; mean was 2.4, 3.0, and 3.3 min for the finalized circlingwords version, respectively, for caregivers, dyadic patients, and patients without a caregiver; and the maximum was 6.2 min for any participant. Usability questionnaire ratings were high. Cronbach's alpha for the SymTrak 23-item total score was 0.86, 0.79, and 0.81 for caregivers, dyadic patients, and patients without a caregiver, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: SymTrak demonstrates content validity, positive qualitative findings, high perceived usability, brief self-administered completion time, and good internal reliability.
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