Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands

Purpose: To describe the development of an educational programme for physiotherapists in the Netherlands, two toolkits of measurement instruments, and the evaluation of an implementation strategy. Method: The study used a controlled pre- and post-measurement design. A tailored educational programme...

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Main Authors:	Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M., Meerhoff, Guus M., Custers, Jan W.H., van Peppen, Roland P.S., Beurskens, Anna J.H.M., Wittink, Harriet
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	University of Toronto Press 2015
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962649/

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spelling	pubmed-49626492016-09-01 Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M. Meerhoff, Guus M. Custers, Jan W.H. van Peppen, Roland P.S. Beurskens, Anna J.H.M. Wittink, Harriet Articles Purpose: To describe the development of an educational programme for physiotherapists in the Netherlands, two toolkits of measurement instruments, and the evaluation of an implementation strategy. Method: The study used a controlled pre- and post-measurement design. A tailored educational programme for the use of outcome measures was developed that consisted of four training sessions and two toolkits of measurement instruments. Of 366 invited physiotherapists, 265 followed the educational programme (response rate 72.4%), and 235 randomly chosen control physiotherapists did not (28% response rate). The outcomes measured were participants' general attitude toward measurement instruments, their ability to choose measurement instruments, their use of measurement instruments, the applicability of the educational programme, and the changes in physiotherapy practice achieved as a result of the programme. Results: Consistent (not occasional) use of measurement instruments increased from 26% to 41% in the intervention group; in the control group, use remained almost the same (45% vs 48%). Difficulty in choosing an appropriate measurement instrument decreased from 3.5 to 2.7 on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Finally, 91% of respondents found the educational programme useful, and 82% reported that it changed their physiotherapy practice. Conclusions: The educational programme and toolkits were useful and had a positive effect on physiotherapists' ability to choose among many possible outcome measures. University of Toronto Press 2015 /pmc/articles/PMC4962649/ /pubmed/27504035 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ptc.2014-28 Text en © Canadian Physiotherapy Association, 2015. All rights reserved.
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author	Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M. Meerhoff, Guus M. Custers, Jan W.H. van Peppen, Roland P.S. Beurskens, Anna J.H.M. Wittink, Harriet
spellingShingle	Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M. Meerhoff, Guus M. Custers, Jan W.H. van Peppen, Roland P.S. Beurskens, Anna J.H.M. Wittink, Harriet Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
author_facet	Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M. Meerhoff, Guus M. Custers, Jan W.H. van Peppen, Roland P.S. Beurskens, Anna J.H.M. Wittink, Harriet
author_sort	Swinkels, Raymond A.H.M.
title	Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
title_short	Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
title_full	Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
title_fullStr	Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed	Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands
title_sort	using outcome measures in daily practice: development and evaluation of an implementation strategy for physiotherapists in the netherlands
description	Purpose: To describe the development of an educational programme for physiotherapists in the Netherlands, two toolkits of measurement instruments, and the evaluation of an implementation strategy. Method: The study used a controlled pre- and post-measurement design. A tailored educational programme for the use of outcome measures was developed that consisted of four training sessions and two toolkits of measurement instruments. Of 366 invited physiotherapists, 265 followed the educational programme (response rate 72.4%), and 235 randomly chosen control physiotherapists did not (28% response rate). The outcomes measured were participants' general attitude toward measurement instruments, their ability to choose measurement instruments, their use of measurement instruments, the applicability of the educational programme, and the changes in physiotherapy practice achieved as a result of the programme. Results: Consistent (not occasional) use of measurement instruments increased from 26% to 41% in the intervention group; in the control group, use remained almost the same (45% vs 48%). Difficulty in choosing an appropriate measurement instrument decreased from 3.5 to 2.7 on a 5-point Likert-type scale. Finally, 91% of respondents found the educational programme useful, and 82% reported that it changed their physiotherapy practice. Conclusions: The educational programme and toolkits were useful and had a positive effect on physiotherapists' ability to choose among many possible outcome measures.
publisher	University of Toronto Press
publishDate	2015
url	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4962649/
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Using Outcome Measures in Daily Practice: Development and Evaluation of an Implementation Strategy for Physiotherapists in the Netherlands

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