{
    "abstract": "Measuring patient health outcomes is important for effective healthcare. Community-based allied health care provides services for people with complex and often deteriorating conditions. The purpose of this study was to evaluate if a single outcome measure was applicable across a multidisciplinary team of eight allied health professions to measure the impact of the team. The chosen measure was the EuroQoL, 5-dimension, 5-level (EQ-5D-5L) which we compared to changes in discipline specific functional and quality of life measures.\nAny adult attending community-based services could participate. Both measures were administered at the start of care and repeated 3 months later or at time of discharge. Disciplines and outcome measures included were: psychology (DASS-21); occupational therapy (COPM); social work (ORS); dietetics (Qualcibo); podiatry (wound depth); physiotherapy (6 minute walk test); exercise physiology (Quick\u00acDASH); and speech pathology (AusTOMs).\nImprovements in discipline specific measures were seen in occupational therapy; social work; dietetics; podiatry; and speech pathology (swallow impairment, swallow distress). There was no statistical difference in mean EQ-5D-5L utility score and visual analogue scale. At 3-month follow-up, less participants reported moderate, severe/extreme problems or inability to complete tasks for mobility, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression dimensions but were not significant.\nResults suggest the EQ-5D-5L was unresponsive to the improvement demonstrated with discipline-specific measures in a community-based allied health setting over a 3-month time frame.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Townsville Hospital and Health Service, PO Box 670, Townsville, QLD 4810, Australia. Tel 61 7 44334154. tilley.pain@health.qld.gov.au.",
            "firstname": "Tilley",
            "initials": "T",
            "lastname": "Pain"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Achamma",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Joseph"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Matthew",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Taylor"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Gayle",
            "initials": "G",
            "lastname": "Hazelwood"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Sharee",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Nan-Tie"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Thao",
            "initials": "T",
            "lastname": "Dang"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Barbara",
            "initials": "B",
            "lastname": "Brooks"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Shanti",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Mistry"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Daniel",
            "initials": "D",
            "lastname": "Lindsay"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": null,
            "firstname": "Rachel L",
            "initials": "RL",
            "lastname": "Morton"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": null,
    "doi": null,
    "journal": "Journal of allied health",
    "keywords": [],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2025-03-05",
    "pubmed_id": "40042478",
    "results": "Improvements in discipline specific measures were seen in occupational therapy; social work; dietetics; podiatry; and speech pathology (swallow impairment, swallow distress). There was no statistical difference in mean EQ-5D-5L utility score and visual analogue scale. At 3-month follow-up, less participants reported moderate, severe/extreme problems or inability to complete tasks for mobility, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression dimensions but were not significant.",
    "title": "Use of Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Clinical Care: A Community-Based Allied Health Setting.",
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}