Optimising consultation summaries to promote good health
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Optimising consultation summaries to promote good health; views of adolescents attending diabetes clinic
IRAS ID
240163
Contact name
Ann-Eneli Allas
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Imperial College London
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 27 days
Research summary
Patient participation in decision making about their care promotes patient satisfaction and confidence (Harris and Boaden, 2006). Further more, allowing patients to see letters written about them enables trust, encourages patients to be involved in decision making process and allow patient understanding (Baxter et al., 2008).
Little is known about how young people value these letters in the same way. Only one brief questionnaire study focused on adolescent views and found that young people wished to receive consultation summaries (Bartle et al., 2004).
This research aims explore the views of adolescent patients related to consultation summaries that they receive following a doctor’s appointment. We will use patients attending a specialist diabetes clinic as our cohort and conduct a qualitative study using focus groups.
REC name
North West - Haydock Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0323
Date of REC Opinion
4 May 2018
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion