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Welcome to The Health Outcomes Insights Blog, our official blog where health researchers, clinical trials specialists and healthcare providers can find useful information, insights and inspiration.
Health Outcomes Insights Ltd is an independent consultancy specialising in health-related qualitative and quantitative research for industry, academia, public and private health care sector with a specific focus on the measurement of patient reported outcomes (PRO), questionnaire design and evaluation. We also provide customised training delivered at your offices at a time convenient to you.
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The importance of a measurement strategy when selecting a patient reported outcome (PRO) measure
A key hurdle facing the pharmaceutical industry is non-adherence by patients to medication. This problem is only likely to be surmounted if patients believe that taking medication will lead to immediate benefits through reduction of symptoms, improvement in physiological functioning… Read More ›
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What you need to know when writing your health research paper
The aim of writing is both communication and persuasion, so reporting your research is an essential stage of the research process and ‘is not just an exercise for our private enjoyment’ (Miles and Huberman, 1994). Dissemination of research results is… Read More ›
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Research questions in health research
Identifying and formalizing the research question are where many problems with research occur. Without a well-defined and specific research question or hypothesis, even if the research is carried out to the end, it is unlikely to provide much information. A… Read More ›
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New thinking in interpreting the patient’s experience
On-going development and new thinking is critical to ensuring a deeper understanding of the patient’s experience and reported outcomes through both innovative approaches to data interpretation and dissemination in providing real decision choices in the delivery of improved care. In… Read More ›
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An overview of the research process
INTRODUCTION Relative to some other health-care professions, nursing has an immature research tradition and a limited body of research-based knowledge to draw on. Despite progress in recent years, the contribution of nursing to health-care research and development has not been… Read More ›
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ePROs in diabetes clinical trials
Diabetes has rapidly become a global epidemic affecting more than 238 million people. That number is expected to increase to 438 million people by the year 2030. The economic burden of the disease totalled $376 billion in 2010. As such,… Read More ›
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7 Steps to successful questionnaire design – 2 Start at the end
7 Steps to successful questionnaire design – 2 Start at the end.
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7 Steps to successful questionnaire design – Start at the end
Designing a health survey questionnaire whether it’s to measure patient satisfaction or patient experience is more than simply writing some questions expecting patients to understand them and provide reliable and valid answers. Designing a patient satisfaction or experience questionnaire involves… Read More ›
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6 Ways to interpret patient reported outcome data
Interpretation of data derived from a patient reported outcome measure (PROM) from a clinical trial or patient outcomes study can be challenging, particularly with regard to understanding the meaning of what a change or difference in a score means clinically…. Read More ›
