Implementation of best practice goal-setting in five rehabilitation services: A mixed-methods evaluation study

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Baker, Amanda
Cornwell, Petrea
Gustafsson, Louise
Stewart, Claire
Lannin, Natasha A
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2023
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Objective: This implementation study aimed to enhance the key elements of clinical practice goal-setting across 5 rehabilitation services. Design: This study followed a participatory action research approach guided by the Knowledge to Action framework. Methods: Medical record audits and structured client interviews were conducted prior to and following 12 weeks of implementation, in order to evaluate the success of the goal-setting implementation package. Results: Medical record audits and interviews conducted pre-implementation (audits n = 132, interviews n = 64), post-implementation (audits n = 130, interviews n = 56) and at 3-month follow-up (audits n = 30) demonstrated varied success across sites. Following implementation 2 sites significantly improved their common goal focus (site 1 p ≤ 0.001, site 2 p = 0.005), these sites also demonstrated a significant increase in clients reporting that they received copies of their rehabilitation goals (site 1 p ≤ 0.001, site 2 p ≤ 0.001). Four sites improved client action planning, feedback and review, and 3 sites enhanced their specificity of goal-setting. At 3-month follow-up 4 sites had continued to improve their common goal focus; however, all sites decreased the specificity of their goal-setting. Conclusion: Elements of the implementation package were successful at enhancing the goal-setting process; however, how the package is implemented within the team may impact outcomes.

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Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine

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55

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© 2023 Amanda Baker, Petrea Cornwell, Louise Gustafsson, Claire Stewart, Natasha A. Lannin. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

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Clinical sciences

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Rehabilitation

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behaviour change

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Baker, A; Rehab, MC; Cornwell, P; Gustafsson, L; Stewart, C; Lannin, NA, Implementation of best practice goal-setting in five rehabilitation services: A mixed-methods evaluation study, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2023, 55

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