What type of feedback might enhance the EAQ for future implementations?

Gathering insights from patients regarding the clarity and relevance of questions in the Comfort Examination and Assessment Questionnaire (EAQ) is essential for enhancing its effectiveness. Patients are the primary respondents, and their perspectives can reveal how well the questions resonate with their experiences and understanding. Feedback from patients can highlight ambiguous phrasing, terms that may be confusing, or questions that do not capture the nuances of their comfort levels. By focusing on this feedback, the questionnaire can be tailored to better meet the needs of those it serves, making it more user-friendly and relevant.

While insights from healthcare providers about patient behavior may provide valuable context, they do not directly address how the patients perceive the questionnaire itself. Generic feedback from hospital administration can lack the specific focus necessary for actionable change in the questionnaire, and annual reviews from the healthcare team, while useful for systemic evaluation, may not provide concrete input regarding the patient’s viewpoint. Therefore, the best approach to enhance the EAQ for future implementations lies in obtaining detailed feedback directly from the patients themselves.