Patient-reported outcome measures in an outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy program: a prospective cohort study
Patients experienced significant improvements in Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) while enrolled in OPAT and the programme yields high patient satisfaction. Hospitals considering new OPAT programmes should include both patient satisfaction and HRQoL impact in their argument repertoire for the introduction of OPAT.
Authors
- Marisa B. Kaelin
- Andrea Burch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2270-4722)
- Annelies S. Zinkernagel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4700-1118)
- Barbara Hasse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7196-3734)
- Nadia Eberhard
- Bruno Ledergerber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-4401)
- Martin Ringer
Institutions
- University of Basel (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University of St.Gallen (CH)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084727
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.30
Funders
- Universität Zürich