Title: (PDF) The needs assessment checklist: A clinical approach to measuring outcome
Headings: The needs assessment checklist: A clinical approach to measuring outcome
The needs assessment checklist: A clinical approach to measuring outcome
Authors:
Paul Kennedy
L R Hamilton
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Content: Fur ther more, t hey als o have
(apar t fr om CHA RT) a domina nt empha sis on
phys ic al r estor ation. It was felt by the aut hor s of
this pape r that an assessm ent syst em was requ i red
whic h need ed t o be inco rpora ted i nto t he r outin e
rehabilitat ion progr amme, was accepted by sta and
easil y int egra t ed int o cl inic al pra ctic e. Ano the r key
featur e of the asse ssme nt measur e req uired relates to
the issue of ind epend ence. Th e purpo se of rehab ilit a-
tion is to enabl e pe opl e to re gain cont rol of the ir ne w
needs and this c an ade qu ate ly be ac hi eved by eithe r
verba l or physi cal me ans, the reby e nabl in g all pa ti ent s
to achieve 100% of their goals, regardless of level of
injury. The Needs Assessment developed helps the
patie nt to t hink abo ut pers on al needs a nd to in crea se
both inv olve m ent in, a nd cont rol over, the rehab ilit a -
tive pr oces s. It he lps st a  unde rstan d what a ll the
impor tant i ssues are for a partic ular pa tient, and
incre ases awa rene ss and com munic ation b etwee n the
disci pline s in volv ed. 10
In this stu dy, the ne eds of the patient group were
detai led, discus sed and matche d to se rvice r esou rce
availability. They were then clustered into general
doma ins and spe ci®c goa ls were ge ne rate d for each
need. The resul ting checkl ist has nine speci® c
rehab ilit ation doma ins, each w ith ke y beh aviou ral
indic ators. T hese nine categor ies of ne ed used i n th e
chec klist ar e: Acti vitie s of Dail y Living; Skin
Mana g ement;