Comparison of the pre-post and transition question assessments in a health education setting

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study examined the classical pre-intervention/post-intervention assessment (pre-post) and the single post-intervention transition question assessment (transition question) to determine how well these methods reflected qualitative interview-based participant-reported outcomes from chronic disease self-management education programs (CDSMEPs). STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: A mixed-method qualitative and quantitative approach was applied in 25 interviews with participants recruited from CDSMEPs within Australia. Qualitative interviews with participants were used as a relative "gold standard" and compared with questionnaire-based pre-post and transition question assessments. RESULTS: ..