1996
DOI: 10.1016/s0004-9514(14)60441-4
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The assessment of pain: an audit of physiotherapy practice

Abstract: This study concerned the adoption of scientific method by the physiotherapy profession, with pain measurement as the research focus. It involved an audit of 1010 patient records from four hospital physiotherapy departments in England, to determine how pain was assessed and recorded. The results show that while pain assessment was recorded in most of the cases audited, there was no record of reassessment in 29 per cent of cases. In the initial assessment only 21 per cent of cases involved quantified methods, re… Show more

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“…8 The extent to which the use of standardized outcome measures has been operationalized in day-to-day practice, and the nature of such use, has been reviewed by a number of authors in Canada, 9,10 the United States, 11 and Europe. [12][13][14][15][16] During the 1990s, physiotherapists became more sensitized to the use of standardized outcome measures through local and national initiatives and the increased number of publications to support decision making through the use of such measures. Nonetheless, there is a lack of published information on how that practice has changed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…8 The extent to which the use of standardized outcome measures has been operationalized in day-to-day practice, and the nature of such use, has been reviewed by a number of authors in Canada, 9,10 the United States, 11 and Europe. [12][13][14][15][16] During the 1990s, physiotherapists became more sensitized to the use of standardized outcome measures through local and national initiatives and the increased number of publications to support decision making through the use of such measures. Nonetheless, there is a lack of published information on how that practice has changed.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This was argued more than a quarter of a century ago by Cambell ( 1970) and again more recently ( e.g. Krebs, 1987;Newham, 1997;Turner, 1991;Turner et al, 1996) . Accurate documentation of changes that occur with therapy intervention enables physiotherapists to assess the quality of care provided by the profession ( Peat, 1981) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…In an audit of physiotherapy records that determined the methods and quality of pain assessment ( Turner et al, 1996) , the results were not encouraging. Of the 1010 records audited, 29% had no documented ongoing reassessment of pain, and in only 2% of cases was pain quantified.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 97%
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