Exploring and Developing Items Measuring Patient Engagement

EasyChair Preprint 15825

Abstract

Background: Patient engagement concept combines patients' knowledge, capacity, and readiness to manage healthcare to promote a positive patient attitude. This concept encompasses 3 components including attributes, antecedence, and consequences which are then represented by personalization, access, commitment, and therapeutic alliances. Previous studies have resulted in the integration of patient engagement nationally. But, the utilization lacks a fundamental understanding of the theory and antecedence behind its implementation. Purpose of the study: This research intended (1) to develop, validate three sets of questionnaires and perform a pilot testing to estimate the attributes contributing to patient engagement between personalization, access, commitment, and therapeutic alliances (PACT) among patients, doctors, and administrators in Klang Valley, (2) describe the personalization, access, commitment and therapeutic alliances (PACT) of patients, doctors and administrators in Klang Valley Methodology: There were three sets of questionnaire developed for patients, doctors and administrators respectively. The sets of questions were assessed by psychometricians, researchers, and experts for review on the questions' construct suitability, content validity, and reliability. Then, a pilot survey was conducted involving 100 randomly selected and consented respondents from the patient and doctor sample group, and 50 respondents from the administrators sample group. Descriptive data analysis was conducted. Main Findings Descriptive data including mean, standard deviation, and frequency for the demographics and four attributes of patient engagement (PACT) were acquired and tabulated.

Keyphrases: Engagement, Healthcare, access commitment and therapeutic alliances pact, attribute of patient engagement, implementation of patient engagement, importance of patient engagement item, level of therapeutic alliances between patients, quality of patient engagement and involvement, therapeutic alliances between patients and health

@booklet{EasyChair:15825,
  author    = {Nur Syafiqah Abu Bakar and Mohd Shaffid Md Shariff},
  title     = {Exploring and Developing Items Measuring Patient Engagement},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 15825},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2025}}