Multinational development of a questionnaire assessing patient satisfaction with anticoagulant treatment: The 'Perception of Anticoagulant Treatment Questionnaire' (PACT-Q©)

Martin H. Prins, Alexia Marrel, Paulo Carita, David Anderson, Marie Germaine Bousser, Harry Crijns, Silla Consoli, Benoit Arnould

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Abstract

Background: The side effects and burden of anticoagulant treatments may contribute to poor compliance and consequently to treatment failure. A specific questionnaire is necessary to assess patients' needs and their perceptions of anticoagulant treatment. Methods: A conceptual model of expectation and satisfaction with anticoagulant treatment was designed by an advisory board and used to guide patient (n = 31) and clinician (n = 17) interviews in French, US English and Dutch. Patients had either atrial fibrillation (AF), deep venous thrombosis (DVT), or pulmonary embolism (PE). Following interviews, three PACT-Q language versions were developed simultaneously and further pilot-tested by 19 patients. Linguistic validations were performed for additional language versions. Results: Initial concepts were developed to cover three areas of interest: 'Treatment', 'Disease and Complications' and 'Information about disease and anticoagulant treatment'. After clinician and patient interviews, concepts were further refined into four domains and 17 concepts; test versions of the PACT-Q were then created simultaneously in three languages, each containing 27 items grouped into four domains: "Treatment Expectations" (7 items), "Convenience" (11 items), "Burden of Disease and Treatment" (2 items) and "Anticoagulant Treatment Satisfaction" (7 items). No item was deleted or added after pilot testing as patients found the PACT-Q easy to understand and appropriate in length in all languages. The PACT-Q was divided into two parts: the first part to measure the expectations and the second to measure the convenience, burden and treatment satisfaction, for evaluation prior to and after anticoagulant treatment, respectively. Eleven additional language versions were linguistically validated. Conclusion: The PACT-Q has been rigorously developed and linguistically validated. It is available in 14 languages for use with thromboembolic patients, including AF, PE and DVT patients. Its validation and psychometric properties have been tested and are presented in a separate manuscript.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9
JournalHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes
Volume7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 6 2009

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Funding Information:
The work was funded by Sanofi-Aventis, Research and Development. AM and BA are paid consultants to Sanofi-Aventis, Research and Development. PC is an employee of Sanofi-Aventis, Research and Development. The other authors have no conflict of interest.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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