Development of a questionnaire to assess clinician perspectives of the usefulness of the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and cognitive screening tests
Objective A pilot questionnaire was developed to investigate the cognitive tests that clinicians employ in their clinical practice and whether they perceive the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) to add clinical value. Methods A 10‐item pilot questionnaire was created and distributed to 43 health...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Australasian journal on ageing 2021-12, Vol.40 (4), p.e318-e322 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Objective
A pilot questionnaire was developed to investigate the cognitive tests that clinicians employ in their clinical practice and whether they perceive the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) to add clinical value.
Methods
A 10‐item pilot questionnaire was created and distributed to 43 health professionals of a single health service in Australia. A snowballing approach to sampling was used.
Results
There were 39 respondents. Less than half of respondents thought the FIM added clinical value, and 15% stated that they would use the FIM to assess cognition on subacute wards. Ninety‐seven per cent (97%) of respondents stated that they would rely more heavily on cognitive screening tests than the FIM.
Conclusion
Participant responses to this survey of a single health service raise interesting questions about how useful clinicians perceive the FIM to be, beyond a costing and benchmarking role. Clinicians may prefer cognitive screening tests to the FIM, in clinical practice. |
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ISSN: | 1440-6381 1741-6612 |
DOI: | 10.1111/ajag.12966 |