A framework for the continuous monitoring of person-centred hospital care: validation of a checklist for participatory service improvement.

Background: In 2018, a nationwide survey carried out in 387 acute care hospitals from 16 out of 21 Italian regions, allowed defining an extended checklist for the participatory evaluation of person-centredness in hospital care. We aimed to validate a reduced set of core items for continuous use across the country.

Methods: Factor analysis was used to validate the construct of the checklist.

A nationwide participatory programme to measure person-centred hospital care in Italy: Results and implications for continuous improvement.

Background: Patient-centredness has been targeted by the Italian government as a key theme for the future development of health services.

Objective: Measuring patient-centred health services in partnership with citizens, health professionals and decision makers.

Design: National participatory survey in a large test set of hospitals at national level.

Involving a Citizens' Jury in Decisions on Individual Screening for Prostate Cancer.

Aims: Most public health agencies and learned societies agree that the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test in asymptomatic men should not be recommended, on account of its potential for harm. Yet PSA is still widely used as a screening test and is not being abandoned. This remains a significant public health issue, and citizens' engagement is needed.