Outpatients' perspectives of quality in rehabilitation - development and validation of a patient-reported experience measure (PREM)
CONCLUSIONS: The OPER demonstrates satisfactory psychometric properties based on an extensive development and validation process. By assessing outpatients' experience of the rehabilitation process, OPER offers a measurement of the quality of therapists' practice of patient-centered rehabilitation.PMID:38084720 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2291555 (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 12, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Sean Hartwell Grace Macaree Andreas McLaughlin Liselotte Jensen Britt Pedersen Marianne Lindahl Source Type: research

Is the Y-PEM useful for me? Perspectives of youth with visual impairment
CONCLUSION: Findings suggest the Y-PEM is useful in capturing and promoting reflection of youth's participation patterns and environmental supports/barriers.PMID:38084722 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2291553 (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 12, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Mallory Ryan Saeideh Shahin Michal Waisman-Nitzan Dana Anaby Source Type: research

Can scuba diving transform the lives of people with physical impairments? A mixed methods study
CONCLUSIONS: We recommend the exploration of scuba diving as a prospective rehabilitation intervention.PMID:38084726 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2291183 (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 12, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tania Santiago Perez Brandi M Crowe Jasmine N Townsend Patrick J Rosopa Michael R Kaufman Source Type: research

Practitioners preference in using electrotherapy to treat paediatric lower limb conditions: an online survey
CONCLUSIONS: We found that a majority of practitioners used electrotherapies on children. The reasons for using or not using electrotherapy were practitioner centred.PMID:38084927 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2290203 (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 12, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Malia Ho Verity Pacey Kade Paterson Ian Griffiths Louise Tofts Luke Davies Cylie Williams Source Type: research

Predictors of increasing disability in activities of daily living among people with advanced respiratory disease: a multi-site prospective cohort study, England UK
CONCLUSION: Mobility limitation could be used as a simple referral criterion across people with advanced respiratory disease to ensure timely rehabilitation that targets independence in ADLs.PMID:38073190 | DOI:10.1080/09638288.2023.2288673 (Source: Disability and Rehabilitation)
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - December 11, 2023 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Lucy Fettes Joanne Bayly Emeka Chukwusa Stephen Ashford Irene Higginson Matthew Maddocks Source Type: research