An interdisciplinary integrated specialized one-stop outpatient clinic for idiopathic intracranial hypertension - a comprehensive assessment of patient satisfaction.

Autor: Bsteh G; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria. gabriel.bsteh@meduniwien.ac.at.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. gabriel.bsteh@meduniwien.ac.at., Macher S; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Krajnc N; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Marik W; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Department of Neuroradiology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Michl M; Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Müller N; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Zaic S; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Harreiter J; Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Novak K; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Wöber C; Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Vienna, Austria.; Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences & Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria., Pemp B; Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The journal of headache and pain [J Headache Pain] 2024 Aug 01; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 127. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 01.
DOI: 10.1186/s10194-024-01835-x
Abstrakt: Background: Management of idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is complex requiring contributions from multiple specialized disciplines. In practice, this creates considerable organizational and communicational challenges. To meet those challenges, we established an interdisciplinary integrated outpatient clinic for IIH with a central coordination and a one-stop concept. Here, we aimed to evaluate effects of this one-stop concept on subjective patient satisfaction and economic outcome in patients with IIH.
Methods: In a retrospective cohort study, we compared the one-stop era with integrated care (IC, 1-JUL-2021 to 31-DEC-2022) to a reference group receiving standard care (SC, 1-JUL-2018 to 31-DEC-2019) regarding subjective patient satisfaction (assessed by the Vienna Patient Inventory). Multivariable binary linear regression models were used to adjust for confounders.
Results: Baseline characteristics of the IC group (n = 85) and SC group (n = 81) were comparable (female: 90.6% vs. 90.1%; mean age: 33.6 vs. 32.8 years, educational level: ≥9 years of education 60.0% vs. 59.3%; located in Vienna 75.3% vs. 76.5%). Compared to SC, management within IC concept was associated with statistically significantly higher subjective patient satisfaction (beta = 0.93; p < 0.001) with the strongest effects observed in satisfaction with treatment accessibility and availability (beta = 2.05; p < 0.001). Subgroup analyses of patients with migration background and language barrier consistently indicated stronger effects of IC in these groups.
Conclusions: Interdisciplinary integrated management of IIH statistically significantly and clinically meaningfully improves patient satisfaction - particularly in socioeconomically underprivileged patient groups. Providing structured central coordination to facilitate and improve access to interdisciplinary management provides means to further improve outcome.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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