Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM)
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Paediatric Care Measure
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Purpose
To measure empathy between children and health care professionals in a 1-1 context
Useful for measuring quality of service delivery.
Children and young people using health services
Older children would be able to complete independently, younger children would need parents to complete.
Assesment Type
Patient Group
Other
Age Group
Infants (0-2 years) | Children (3-12 years) | Adolescents (13-17 years)
ICF domain
Environment & Personal
Area of assessment
Quality of Life
Key description
Description
The CARE Measure is a quick (only 10 questions), clear and easy to complete, patient-completed questionnaire. Originally developed for use by GPs, it has since been successfully used by other medical staff, AHPs and nurses.
Has profession-specific spreadsheets
Reliability /
Validity
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00049.x
Strengths /
Weaknesses
Very easy to use
More of a method of receiving feedback from client group
Can calculate your data on a spreadsheet, a useful way to measure performance.
Cost
Free
Equipment required
Paper & computer access to excel spreadsheet
Training required
N/A
Considerations & references
Cost
Free
References /
Links
CARE Measure
http://www.caremeasure.org/CAREENG10p.pdf
https://www.talkingmats.com/research/free-resources/
Time to complete
Approximately 5 minutes
Languages
No information available
If you spot any errors or wish to suggest any amendments to this summary, please contact paediatricmeasures@apcp.org.uk