Shing Chuen Chow1, Pun Yuet Lam1, Bonnie Nga Kwan Choy2. 1. LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. 2. Department of Ophthalmology, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Room 301, Block B, Cyberport 4, Cyberport, Hong Kong, Hong Kong. bonniechoynk@gmail.com.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To summarise different patient-centred care approaches that can be used in ophthalmology and review their effectiveness. METHODS: An Entrez Pubmed search on publications concerning different patient-centred care was performed on September 7, 2021. Articles on animal research, non-English language and review articles were excluded after manually screening by two authors. RESULTS: A total of 16 articles were reviewed after curation by the authors for relevance. Patient-centred care has advantages in improving disease knowledge, enhancing doctor-patient communications and improving mental well-being of patients. Various methods including intensive patient education, patient-centred communication techniques during consultations, personal disease records, education programme for caregivers, on-site ocular care for residential care home resident and shared medical appointments can be used to enhance patient-centred care. CONCLUSIONS: Current strategies in patient-centred care in ophthalmology were found to be useful. However, they have not been widely practised and more studies would be required generate an evidence-based recommendation for future use.
PURPOSE: To summarise different patient-centred care approaches that can be used in ophthalmology and review their effectiveness. METHODS: An Entrez Pubmed search on publications concerning different patient-centred care was performed on September 7, 2021. Articles on animal research, non-English language and review articles were excluded after manually screening by two authors. RESULTS: A total of 16 articles were reviewed after curation by the authors for relevance. Patient-centred care has advantages in improving disease knowledge, enhancing doctor-patient communications and improving mental well-being of patients. Various methods including intensive patient education, patient-centred communication techniques during consultations, personal disease records, education programme for caregivers, on-site ocular care for residential care home resident and shared medical appointments can be used to enhance patient-centred care. CONCLUSIONS: Current strategies in patient-centred care in ophthalmology were found to be useful. However, they have not been widely practised and more studies would be required generate an evidence-based recommendation for future use.