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: The measur e developed proved to be a useful,
clinically relev ant and patient friendly assessment of rehabilitation outcome. Keywords: outcome measurement; needs assessment; goal planning; rehabilitation
Introd uctio n
Research has shown that there is a discrepancy
between what actual ly occurs and what people believe
occurs during reha bilitation. 1,2
Engagement in compre-
hensive rehabilitation has been found to be the best
predictor of both post-discharge physical and psycho-
logical status,
3
but adherence remains a problem across
the healthcare domain. 4
Slade
5
suggests that an
assessment tool for everyday clinical use should go
beyond symptomatology and behaviour observed by
professionals, by incorporating the client's perceptions. McGrath, Marks and Davis
6
found that by taking the
client's wishes into account, compliance is certainly
increased. Rehabilitation programmes aim to change
behaviour in ways that sup port improved physical,
social and psychological functioning, and outcomes are
manifest changes of such programmes.