IMPROVING PATIENT QUALITY OF LIFE BY VERIFYING AND ENHANCING QUALITY OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND PROSTHETIC MEDICAL DEVICES
Author(s)
Malovecka I1, Minarikova D1, Foltan V1, Bielik J2, Psenkova M3
1Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 2Trencin University, Trencin, Slovak Republic, 3Pharm-In Ltd, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
OBJECTIVES: There is a lack of information about patient satisfaction with orthopaedic and prosthetic medical devices (OPMD). As they influence a compliance, tolerance and usefulness, it is important to obtain and valuate them. Also they can be useful for verifying and enhancing quality of OPMD, for improving quality management of health care provider as well as patient´s quality of life. METHODS: Evaluation of patient satisfaction with OPMD was realised on the sample of patients with orthopaedic, neurologic and rheumatic diseases from Specialized Hospital for Orthopaedic Prosthetics in Bratislava, Bratislava Region, Slovak Republic. It was used a translated and cross-cultural adapted module of Client Satisfaction with Devices (CSD-Sk). The weight, fit, durability, pain, abrasion, putting on device, comfort and look of OPMD were evaluated. It was used a 4 point Likert scale with answers strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree. RESULTS: Description of the study sample: age >60 n%=46.6, women n%=75.1, high school educated patients n%= 56.0. The most patients had problems with lower limbs (42.5%), followed by spine (26.9%) and combination lower limbs and spine (25.9%). In case of type of diseases the most patients had orthopaedic diseases (73.6%), combination orthopaedic and neurologic (13.5%) and neurologic diseases (7.3%). The most used OPMD were orthopaedic insoles (36.3%), waist belt (17.6%) and corset on the spine (5.2%). Overall patients were highly satisfied with OPMD. More than 50% responses on items were mostly strongly satisfied (63.2 – 51.8%), except durability (43.5%). The most negative responses were on fit (7.25%) and abrasion (6.22%). CONCLUSIONS: It was recorded a high satisfaction with OPMD among surveyed patients. Comparing our results to the previous analysis in the world we can reveal higher level of patient satisfaction. Hopefully we can conclude that Health Care Provider manages good quality of OPMD and these regulations may contribute to patient´s satisfying quality of life.
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-09, ISPOR Latin America 2015, Santiago, Chile
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 7 (November 2015)
Code
PMD24
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Musculoskeletal Disorders