120
Participants
Start Date
September 5, 2025
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2026
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2026
Conventional care with semi-structured interviews and focus groups
In semi-structured individual interviews, employees of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. This makes it possible to gather in-depth insights. This approach will mainly be used when surveying e.g. board members, managers, representatives of patient organisations. In addition, focus groups (6 to 8 people) will be organised. This is especially valuable when surveying doctors, paramedics and nurses. Focus groups make it possible to survey several respondents at the same time, encourage spontaneous conversations and share experiences. The interaction between participants can also ensure that additional perspectives and insights are covered.
In-depth interviews with patients and relatives
The objective is to thoroughly understand what PEC means in rehabilitation. Although PEC can be understood as 'being responsive to the unique wishes and needs of the individual person', there still is a lack of consensus about its exact conceptualization in the rehabilitation context (Yun and Choi 2019). Prior work often only considers PEC in terms of shared decision making and goal setting, while the holistic perspective on the patient as a whole person is largely neglected (Yun and Choi 2019). This qualitative phase thus focuses on understanding PEC, its dimensions and the unique wishes and needs of patients in rehabilitation services. In addition, we gather insights regarding the potential enhancement of PEC in rehabilitation. The interviews are based on the Trajectory Touchpoint Technique (TTT; Sudbury-Riley et al. 2020a; 2020b) which allows us to uncover the unique experiences of respondents (i.e., patients, relatives, informal caregivers). The TTT is especially suited fo
Semi-structured interviews and focus groups
In semi-structured individual interviews, employees of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. This makes it possible to gather in-depth insights. This approach will mainly be used when surveying e.g. board members, managers, representatives of patient organisations. In addition, focus groups (6 to 8 people) will be organised. This is especially valuable when surveying doctors, paramedics and nurses. Focus groups make it possible to survey several respondents at the same time, encourage spontaneous conversations and share experiences. The interaction between participants can also ensure that additional perspectives and insights are covered.
Conventional care with additional focusgroups
In semi-structured individual interviews, students of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. The focus groups will be supported by the Lego® Serious Play (LSP) will be used to collect in-depth insights from students. This design allows flexibility in questioning, while still following a consistent structure to explore common themes across focus groups. The use of Lego encourages participants to think in new ways.
Hasselt University
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