A measure of patient empowerment in hospital environments catering for older people

Abstract

The PES is offered as a valid and reliable measure of empowerment and disempowerment in hospital settings catering for older people. It enables the identification of environments which place patients at risk of becoming dependent, or alternatively facilitate increasing independence.

Concepts and measures of patient empowerment: a comprehensive review

“…Seventeen definitions (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23) (Chart 1) and seven dimensions (9,14,(24)(25)(26)(27)(28) of empowerment (Chart 2), and 10 empowerment measures (9,13,24,(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) (Chart 3) were selected. The analysis showed that the concept of empowerment has been broadly used in the health sciences field, especially over the last 10 years.…”

“…Faulkner, 2001 (30) Patient Activation Measure (PAM) Generic Skills, knowledge, and beliefs needed by patients to self-manage, collaborate with healthcare providers and maintain their health.…”

“…The context in which these tools were applied and the operationalized constructs are described in Chart 3. Four tools were developed in the United States (29,31,(33)(34) , four in Great Britain (9,30,32,35) , one in Australia (13) , and one in Iran (24) . All but one of the tools (31) are setting (primary health care (9,32) and hospital care (30) ) or condition-specific.…”

“…Four tools were developed in the United States (29,31,(33)(34) , four in Great Britain (9,30,32,35) , one in Australia (13) , and one in Iran (24) . All but one of the tools (31) are setting (primary health care (9,32) and hospital care (30) ) or condition-specific. With respect to the condition-specific tools, one addressed mental health (33) , two diabetes (24,29) , two cancer (13,34) , and one clinical genetics (35) .…”

L’apport de l’observation in situ pour décrire les interventions infirmières d’habilitation à l’autoprise en charge de sa santé dans le secteur des soins à domicile

“…Il importe de distinguer les connotations plus positives par opposition aux attitudes axées sur les faiblesses, les déficits et le manque de valorisation de l'expérience de la clientèle. Ces prédispositions sont issues de recherches qui ont tenté d'opérationnaliser certains concepts reliés à l'habilitation et leurs instrumentations ont subi des tests de validation auprès d'utilisateurs de divers services Faulkner, 2001aFaulkner, , 2001bTrivette, Dunst, Boyd et Hamby, 1995). D'autres prédispositions proviennent de devis descriptifs qui incorporent d'une part la perspective des intervenantes et intervenants (McNaughton, 2000) et d'autre part celle de la clientèle (Falk-Rafael, 2001;Pooley, Gerrard, Hollis, Morton et Astbury, 2001;St-Cyr Tribble et al, 2003.…”