How do Patients, Relatives and Healthcare Professionals View Person-centered Rehabilitation.

NCT07081893 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: Patient centered rehab
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 120
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This research project aims to integrate insights from marketing and rehabilitation sciences to investigate Person Centered in rehabilitation. The research objectives are

1. 1.to better understand what Person Centered Rehabilitation means in rehabilitation,
2. 2.to understand how Person Centered Rehabilitation can be enhanced
3. 3.to develop an instrument that can be used as a quality indicator to evaluate and monitor Person Centered Rehabilitation in rehabilitation
4. 4.to understand the impact of Person Centered Rehabilitation on key outcomes in rehabilitation.
5. 5.We will code the data based on first-order terms.
6. 6.we will systematically examine these first-order terms to organize them into second-order theory-centric themes.
7. 7.we will investigate whether it is possible to categorize the second-order themes into aggregate dimensions which serve to summarize the key components of the emerging theory
8. 8.when we have the full set of first-order terms, second-order themes and aggregate dimensions, we will have all ingredients for building a data structure. The data structure provides a graphical presentation of how we progressed from raw data to themes and dimensions.

Conditions

Patient Centered Care

Keywords

Patient centered care; Healthcare professionals; Perspective; Relatives; Patients; Rehabilitation; Students

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Definition of Person-centered rehabilitation.

  Open-ended responses to the research questions; What is PEC in rehabilitation? No fixed measurement scale is used. Responses are analyzed using the Gioia method, resulting in a data structure based on first-order terms, second-order themes, and aggregate dimensions.

  From start study to end of study, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• What are the dimensions of person-centered rehabilitation

  From start study to end of study, an average of 1 year

• How can person-centered rehabilitation be enhanced?

  From start study to end of study, an average of 1 year

Study Arms (4)

Healthcare professionals

This cohort includes healthcare professionals who are actively working within a rehabilitation center or rehabilitation department. Eligible participants are aged 18 years or older and have provided written informed consent. No active interventions are performed in this study. Participants are invited to take part in a focus group or an in-depth interview to share their experiences and perspectives related to person-centered care in rehabilitation.

Other: Conventional care with semi-structured interviews and focus groups

Patients and relatives involved in a rehabilitation process

This cohort includes individuals who are currently admitted to a rehabilitation center or rehabilitation department, as well as relatives or close contacts of such patients. Eligible participants are aged 18 years or older and have provided written informed consent. No active interventions are performed in this study. Participants are invited to take part in an in-depth interview to share their experiences and perspectives related to person-centered care in rehabilitation.

Other: In-depth interviews with patients and relatives

Students doing an internship in a rehabilitation department or centre

This cohort includes students linked with an education within a healthcare profession. The students did an actively internship within a rehabilitation center or rehabilitation department. Eligible participants are aged 18 years or older and have provided written informed consent. No active interventions are performed in this study. Participants are invited to take part in a focus group or an in-depth interview to share their experiences and perspectives related to person-centered care in rehabilitation.

Other: Conventional care with additional focusgroups

Board members, staff members and representatives

This cohort includes board members, staff members and representatives who are actively working within a rehabilitation center or rehabilitation department. Eligible participants are aged 18 years or older and have provided written informed consent. No active interventions are performed in this study. Participants are invited to take part in a focus group or an in-depth interview to share their experiences and perspectives related to person-centered care in rehabilitation.

Other: Semi-structured interviews and focus groups

Interventions

Conventional care with semi-structured interviews and focus groups OTHER

In semi-structured individual interviews, employees of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. This makes it possible to gather in-depth insights. This approach will mainly be used when surveying e.g. board members, managers, representatives of patient organisations. In addition, focus groups (6 to 8 people) will be organised. This is especially valuable when surveying doctors, paramedics and nurses. Focus groups make it possible to survey several respondents at the same time, encourage spontaneous conversations and share experiences. The interaction between participants can also ensure that additional perspectives and insights are covered.

Healthcare professionals

In-depth interviews with patients and relatives OTHER

The objective is to thoroughly understand what PEC means in rehabilitation. Although PEC can be understood as 'being responsive to the unique wishes and needs of the individual person', there still is a lack of consensus about its exact conceptualization in the rehabilitation context (Yun and Choi 2019). Prior work often only considers PEC in terms of shared decision making and goal setting, while the holistic perspective on the patient as a whole person is largely neglected (Yun and Choi 2019). This qualitative phase thus focuses on understanding PEC, its dimensions and the unique wishes and needs of patients in rehabilitation services. In addition, we gather insights regarding the potential enhancement of PEC in rehabilitation. The interviews are based on the Trajectory Touchpoint Technique (TTT; Sudbury-Riley et al. 2020a; 2020b) which allows us to uncover the unique experiences of respondents (i.e., patients, relatives, informal caregivers). The TTT is especially suited fo

Patients and relatives involved in a rehabilitation process

Semi-structured interviews and focus groups OTHER

In semi-structured individual interviews, employees of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. This makes it possible to gather in-depth insights. This approach will mainly be used when surveying e.g. board members, managers, representatives of patient organisations. In addition, focus groups (6 to 8 people) will be organised. This is especially valuable when surveying doctors, paramedics and nurses. Focus groups make it possible to survey several respondents at the same time, encourage spontaneous conversations and share experiences. The interaction between participants can also ensure that additional perspectives and insights are covered.

Board members, staff members and representatives

Conventional care with additional focusgroups OTHER

In semi-structured individual interviews, students of healthcare organisations are asked about their experiences, opinions and knowledge on person-centredness. The focus groups will be supported by the Lego® Serious Play (LSP) will be used to collect in-depth insights from students. This design allows flexibility in questioning, while still following a consistent structure to explore common themes across focus groups. The use of Lego encourages participants to think in new ways.

Students doing an internship in a rehabilitation department or centre

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Rehabilitation centers in Flanders

You may qualify if:

• (1) are or were admitted to a rehabilitation centre or is related/ acquainted with someone admitted to a rehabilitation centre
• (2) are older than 18 years
• (3) speak the Dutch language
• (4) suffer from a non-congenital brain injury, neurological or locomotor condition can participate in this study.

You may not qualify if:

• (1) did not sign informed consent
• Healthcare professionals and board members, staff members and representatives
• are employed at a rehabilitation centre
• are older than 18 years
• speak the Dutch language
• (1) did not sign informed consent
• Healthcare students
• did internships in a rehabilitation centre
• are older than 18 years
• speak the Dutch language
• (1) did not sign informed consent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hasselt University: lead

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Focus Groups

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Ilse Lamers, PhD

  UHasselt

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ellen Pipers, PhD

CONTACT

003211292147; ellen.pipers@uhasselt.be

Sara Leroi-Werelds, PhD

CONTACT

003211268621; liselot.thijs@uhasselt.be

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: OTHER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 7, 2025
• First Posted: July 23, 2025
• Study Start: September 5, 2025
• Primary Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 31, 2026
• Last Updated: July 23, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share