Table 6 The reasons for selecting Standard Outcome Measures (SOMs)
aReasons | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
“Can be completed quickly”. | 68 | 61.3 |
“Easy for patients to understand”. | 75 | 67.6 |
“Easy for clinicians to understand/interpret meaning of scores and change in scores”. | 49 | 44.1 |
“Shown to be valid and reliable”. | 56 | 50.5 |
“Seem to be the most common ones used in physical therapist practice”. | 38 | 34.2 |
“Useful for a variety of purposes such as research, quality assurance, patient/client evaluation”. | 27 | 24.3 |
“Can be analyzed electronically (scanner, computer, etc.)”. | 18 | 16.2 |
“Most appropriate for the types of conditions seen in my practice setting”. | 35 | 31.5 |
“Other reason” | 1 | 0.90 |
“Do not know” | 2 | 1.80 |