N | Percent | |
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“In my practice setting, completion of health status questionnaires is”, | ||
“Mandated/required for all patients”. | 34 | 30.3 |
“Mandated only for patients who have certain types of conditions (eg, low back pain)”. | 27 | 24.1 |
“Routine for all patients/clients, but not mandated/required”. | 11 | 9.8 |
“Routine, but not mandated, only for patients who have certain types of conditions (eg, low back pain)”. | 18 | 16.1 |
“Sporadic, depending on different factors such as time, patient’s characteristics, etc”. | 22 | 19.6 |
“In my practice setting, the types of health status questionnaires used include”, | ||
“Only those that use information derived from patients’ self-report”. | 80 | 72.1 |
“Only those that use information derived from observation of patients’ performance”. | 14 | 12.6 |
“A combination of those that use patient/client self-report and observation of their performance”. | 17 | 15.3 |
“In my practice setting, health status questionnaires are completed”, | ||
“Using paper and therapists review the raw information from the paper version”. | 26 | 23.4 |
“Using paper, analyzed/scored through scanner or computer data entry, and then summary scores are reviewed by therapists”. | 68 | 61.3 |
“Using the computer (no paper), and summary scores are reviewed by therapists”. | 16 | 14.4 |
Other | 1 | 0.9 |
“In my practice setting, when I use questionnaires that require patients self-reports”, | ||
“Patients complete the health status questionnaires by themselves”. | 76 | 67.9 |
“Office staff or aides assist patients/clients in completing health status questionnaires”. | 25 | 22.3 |
“Physical therapists complete health status questionnaires with the patients”. | 10 | 8.9 |
Other | 1 | 0.9 |
“Each physical therapist in my practice setting”; | ||
“Uses the same health status questionnaires”. | 75 | 67.0 |
“Chooses the health status questionnaires he or she wants to use for each patient”. | 37 | 33.0 |
“I learned how to use health status questionnaires”, | ||
“In my professional (entry-level) program”. | 38 | 34.2 |
“In my post-professional education”. | 35 | 31.5 |
“From continuing education workshops/conferences”. | 27 | 24.3 |
“From the other therapists or managers in my practice setting”. | 11 | 9.9 |