A new healthcare outcome measure for older people living with frailty attending emergency departments and acute care settings
Feasible
Eight items with median completion
in eleven minutes
Reliable
A two-factor measure with
adequate internal consistency
Valid
Lower scores correspond to
longer ED stay and higher admission rate
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The PROM-OPAC is provided free for non-commercial use. Please register your purpose to receive the download link:
User guide
Download an implementation guide written for healthcare services:
Leaflet
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Project history and publications
PROM-OPAC was designed and developed with patients and lay representatives to measure meaningful outcomes of geriatric emergency and acute frailty care. Development and validation took place between 2020-2024.
- Elicitation of meaningful outcome goals through interviews with older people living with frailty having acute care needs: Reported in BMC Geriatrics, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-02798-x with additional lay report at https://le.ac.uk/gem/resources/outcomes/acute-care
- Identification of candidate Patient-Reported Outcome instruments with systematic review and appraisal with lay research partners: Reported in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-022-00438-x
- Co-creation of instrument items to measure the meaningful outcome goals: Reported in Journal of Patient Experience, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1177/23743735231158941
- Feasibility and psychometric performance of the EQ-5D for functional quality of life outcomes in acute frailty care: Reported in BMC Emergency Medicine, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00909-4
- Psychometric field-testing and validation of the PROM-OPAC instrument: Reported in Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes, 2024 https://doi.org/10.1186/s41687-024-00796-8
Read more about PROM-OPAC project on the University of Leicester’s website:
The development and validation of PROM-OPAC was funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and conducted at the University of Leicester.
