ICF Linking of Patient-Reported Therapy Goals for Children with Acquired Upper Extremity Impairment

In hand therapy practice, patient-reported outcome measurement scales (PROMs) are used routinely for assessing patients ’ functional and quality of life outcomes.1 The Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (QuickDASH)2 and other upper extremity region-specific PROMs, such as the Patient-Rated Wrist Evaluation (PRWE)3, are well-established PROMs in the adult population1. Yet, evidence of well-established PROMs for children and adolescents receiving hand therapy is lacking. In fact, PROMs used in pediatric studies, such as the Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) and quickDASH, are clinician derived4, 5 and were initially developed for other populations.

Source: Journal of Hand Therapy - May 16, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Jenny M. Dorich, Roger Cornwall, Tim Uhl Source Type: research