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USAGE OF OUTCOME MEASURES IN PHYSICAL THERAPY PRACTICE IN LAHORE; A CROSS SECTIONAL SURVEY

Aqeela Fatima, Hafiz Muhammad Asim, Suffain khalid, Myna Nasir

Usefulness of Standardized Outcome Measures is evident now all over the world. It not only reduces the health cost by accurate assessment but also spares the human resources specially in case of self-evaluating outcome measures. Physical Therapy is a profession with most of disorders measureable only through scale based tools. Here is it more important to use the outcome measures. Objective: The objective of my study was to figure out utilization of standard outcome measures in clinical practice of physical therapy. Methods: This was a cross sectional survey. Duration of the study was 6 months after approval of Synopsis. The clinical setups having Physical Therapy Unit/ Services. Convenience sampling technique was used to get data from Physical Therapist. Total of 237 participants were surveyed from the membership list of Pakistan Physical Therapy Association. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences, SPSS 20.0. Results: Results showed neutral response regarding utilization of evidence based outcome measures in clinical practice. Conclusion: The study concluded that there was positive attitude towards use of self-reporting and performance based outcome measures. However, there found high level of underutilization of these tools. The main barriers found in use of outcome measures were language barrier, time constraints and health cost. Keywords: Outcome Measure, Physiotherapy, Self-Rating Outcome Measurement Tools.

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