Interactive Educational Workshops and Follow-up Support: A Strategy to Facilitate Allied Health Clinicians' Routine Measurement of Clinical Outcomes

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Allied health professionals; Other -

• Registration Number: ACTRN12606000500550
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Western Sydney, Dr Catherine Cook, Dr Annie McCluskey & Dr Natasha Lannin

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-12-05
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 108

Inclusion Criteria

1) Be employed by The Spastic Centre New South Wales; 2) Have professional qualifications (diploma, undergraduate degree or postgraduate degree) in the following allied health disciplines: Occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, psychology, social work, social welfare or counselling;3) Be of working age

Exclusion Criteria

Allied health professionals employed by The Spastic Centre of New South Wales who do not treat clients will be excluded from participating in this study. The reason for this being that participants must be in a position where they actively treat clients in order to be able to measure client progress and effectiveness of interventions using outcome measures.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
An audit of 10% of participants’ de-identified clinical files will be the primary outcome measure for this study. The audit of de-identified clinical files will be used to measure:<br>1) Change in the frequency of use outcome measures [Measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention. ];An audit of 10% of participants’ de-identified clinical files will be the primary outcome measure for this study. The audit of de-identified clinical files will be used to measure:<br>2) Change in the proportion of participants who measure outcomes [Measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention. ];An audit of 10% of participants’ de-identified clinical files will be the primary outcome measure for this study. The audit of de-identified clinical files will be used to measure:<br>3) Change in the range of outcome measures used by participants[Measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention. ]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1) Change in the frequency of use outcome measures [Outcomes will be measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention.];2) Change in the proportion of participants who measure outcomes [Outcomes will be measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention.];3) Change in the range of outcome measures used by participants [Outcomes will be measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention.];4) Change in participants’ knowledge and skills of outcome measurement[Outcomes will be measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention.];5) Participants’ readiness to change their current practice behaviours and measure outcomes will be measured using the Clinician Readiness to Measure Outcomes Scale (developed by the researcher).[Outcomes will be measured at baseline, then 3 months and 6 months post intervention.]