Table 7 Reasons among Participants who did not use Standard Outcome Measures (SOMs) (n = 69)
aReasons | N | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
“Confusing to patients”. | 30 | 43.4 |
“Difficult for patients to complete independently”. | 49 | 71.0 |
“Require too high a reading level for many patients”. | 29 | 42.0 |
“English language in which many of my patients are not fluent”. | 30 | 43.4 |
“Not sensitive to the cultural/ethnic concerns of many patients”. | 11 | 15.9 |
“Make patients anxious”. | 8 | 11.5 |
“Take too much time for patients to complete”. | 52 | 75.7 |
“Take too much of clinicians’ time to analyze/calculate/score”. | 35 | 50.7 |
“Provide information that is too subjective to be useful”. | 16 | 23.2 |
“Require more effort than they are worth”. | 17 | 24.6 |
“Do not contain information that helps to direct the plan of care”. | 15 | 21.7 |
“Difficult to interpret (eg, do not know what norms are, how score relates to severity, or what a clinically important change might be)”. | 11 | 15.9 |
“Do not contain the types of items or questions that are relevant for the types of patients I see”. | 8 | 11.5 |
“Often do not get completed at discharge, so are not useful for determining patients’ response to treatment”. | 12 | 17.4 |
“Require training that I do not have”. | 24 | 34.8 |
“Cost too much”. | 6 | 8.8 |
“Require a support structure that I do not have (eg, technology, staffing)”. | 14 | 20.3 |
“Really only useful for research purposes”. | 26 | 37.7 |
“Not relevant because my practice involves consultation, case management, or discharge planning only”. | 8 | 11.5 |
Plan to implement? | ||
Yes | 24 | 34.8 |
No | 10 | 14.5 |
Maybe | 35 | 50.7 |