Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland: findings from a nationwide survey

Schoultz, Mariyana, Macaden, Leah and Watson, Angus J. M. (2016) Co-designing inflammatory bowel disease (Ibd) services in Scotland: findings from a nationwide survey. BMC Health Services Research, 16 (1). p. 231. ISSN 1472-6963

[img]
Preview
Text
co_designing_IBD_services.pdf - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.

Download (687kB) | Preview
Official URL: httsp://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1490-7

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Scottish Government's ambition is to ensure that health services are co-designed with the communities they serve. Crohn's and Colitis UK and the Scottish Government acknowledged the need to review and update the current IBD care model. An online survey was conducted asking IBD patients about their experiences of the NHS care they receive. This survey was the first step of co-designing and developing a national strategy for IBD service improvement in Scotland.

AIM: To explore IBD patients' experiences of current services and make recommendations for future service development.

METHODS: This study was part of a wider cross-sectional on-line survey. Participants were patients with IBD across Scotland. 777 people with IBD took part in the survey. Thematic analysis of all data was conducted independently by two researchers.

RESULTS: Three key themes emerged: Quality of life: Participants highlighted the impact the disease has on quality of life and the desperate need for IBD services to address this more holistically. IBD clinicians and access: Participants recognised the need for more IBD nurses and gastroenterologists along with better access to them. Those with a named IBD nurse reported to be more satisfied with their care. An explicit IBD care pathway: Patients with IBD identified the need of making the IBD care pathway more explicit to service users.

CONCLUSIONS: Participants expressed the need for a more holistic approach to their IBD care. This includes integrating psychological, counselling and dietetic services into IBD care with better access to IBD clinicians and a more explicit IBD care pathway.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Inflammatory bowel disease, Co-designing, Qualitative study, Patient survey, Crohn’s disease, Ulcerative colitis
Subjects: B700 Nursing
B900 Others in Subjects allied to Medicine
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Nursing, Midwifery and Health
Depositing User: John Coen
Date Deposited: 10 Aug 2020 13:16
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 12:15
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/44032

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics