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Table 3 Mean scores of all participants on the process and outcome indicators and the mean differences

From: Feasibility of a quality-improvement program based on routinely collected health outcomes in Dutch primary care physical therapist practice: a mixed-methods study

Type of indicator

PROM

Pre QI, mean (SD)

(N = 186) ††

During and post QI,

mean (SD)

(N = 175) ††

Mean difference

(SD)

Process (0–100) (%)

NPRS*

54% (24.1)

75% (19.1)

21% (28.9)

Process (0–100) (%)

PSFS*

59% (29.1)

75% (19.6)

16% (31.7)

Process (0–100) (%)

QBPDS*

43% (22.9)

69% (20.1)

26% (28.0)

Process (0–100) (%)

GPE-DV†

48% (26.3)

70% (21.6)

22% (30.4)

Process (0–100) (%)

SBT‡

83% (12.1)

93% (7.3)

9% (10.8)

Mean change (0–10)

NPRS§

5.5 (2.4)

5.6 (0.7)

0.03 (2.3)

Mean change (0–10)

PSFS§

5.5 (2.1)

6.1 (1.3)

0.6 (1.6)

Mean change (0–100)

QPBDS§

27.2 (15.3)

28.5 (9.4)

1.3 (14.4)

Mean score (1–7#)

GPE-DV ||

1.9 (0.7) **

1.8 (0.5) **

0.1 (0.4) **

  1. QI = quality improvement; PROM = patient-reported outcome measure; SD = standard deviation; NPRS = Numeric Pain Rating Scale; PSFS = Patient Specific Functional Scale; SBST = STarT Back Screening Tool; QBPDS = Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale; GPE-DV = Global Perceived Effect—Dutch Version. *The process indicator reflects a repeated measurement; pretreatment and posttreatment. †The process indicator reflects a single measurement; posttreatment. ‡The process indicator reflects a single measurement; pretreatment. §The outcome indicator reflects the change score between a pretreatment and posttreatment measurement. ||The outcome indicator reflects a single posttreatment measurement. #1 (absolutely satisfied) to 7 (absolutely unsatisfied). **The average reflects the scores of seven participants, as GPE-DV outcome scores were not accessible in the clinical registry for three participants. ††Reflects the number of closed treatment episodes on which process and outcome indicators are based