Implementing the Collection of Patient Reported Outcomes in an Athletic Training Healthcare Setting

Document Type

Poster

Abstract

Use of Patient Reported Outcomes may allow healthcare workers or athletic trainers to address the patient’s meaningful problems. Assessing the overall health status of the patient through using PROs may allow for better and more complete patient care. In the current healthcare system, some obstacles include: lack of PRO value by athletic trainers and athletes and lack of understanding on how to collect PROs routinely by staff. The aim of this project was to use PROs to evaluate at least 90% of patients who have sustained a lower extremity time loss injury at the initial evaluation and during at least 1 follow-up assessment over a 1-month time period. By one month post lower extremity injury, the goal was to have each patient complete at least 2 PROs at 2 different time points. The project was implementing using the plan, do, study act methodology. The staff first focused on education of PRO use. Afterwards all athletes who suffer a time loss lower extremity injury were given a specific and generic PRO for completion at the initial patient care visit. A second PRO administration was planned to be made at about 1-week post-injury or at return-to-play. In total, 9 athletes suffered a lower extremity injury that required time loss during the project period and should have been administered PROs as part of the administration plan, therefore 8/9 (89%) were administered PROs according to the plan. In conclusion, meaningful changes to a patient can be measured using Patient Reported Outcomes, which is more important given the increased emphasis on assessing quality of life versus clinician rated outcomes in healthcare thus improving patient care.

Publication Date

Spring 2021

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Poster presented at ATSU-ASHS DAT Spring - 2021. This is a Kubify based presentation hosted at https://api.ltb.io/show/BVYHI It includes a video presentation, references, a PowerPoint presentation, and summary poster.

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