Journal article
Reliability of the Australian therapy outcome measures for quantifying disability and health
M Morris, A Perry, C Unsworth, J Skeat, N Taylor, K Dodd, D Duncombe, S Duckett
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation | MA HEALTHCARE LTD | Published : 2005
Abstract
The Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs) quantify client outcomes for physiotherapy, speech pathology and occupational therapy across four domains: impairment (of body structure and function); limitation in functional activity; restriction of participation in societal roles; and distress/wellbeing (level of concern). Data reporting the preliminary reliability of the AusTOMs tools are presented. Participants were 150 clinicians from hospital and rehabilitation centres in Melbourne, Australia. Written case vignettes were used to obtain percentage agreement scores between raters for each of the four domains of the AusTOMs. Test–retest reliability was also determined.Satisfactory prelim..
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Funding Acknowledgements
La Trobe University acknowledges that this publication draws heavily upon the 'AusTOMs; Australian Therapy Outcome Measure' project, for which funding was provided by the Canberra. The authors thank Robert Powell for technical assistance for the data analysis component of this article. In addition, they thank Sue Cotton, biostatistician from The University of Melbourne, who assisted the authors with advice on data management and data analyses for the AusTOMs project. Ms D Benetti and Ms J Wittwer provided administrative assistance throughout. Professor Pam Enderby helped the research team at La Trobe University in the application to the Commonwealth to support this project. Professor Enderby and Dr Alex John from Sheffield University, UK, are associate researchers to this project, providing the research team with advice, discussion and support for the development of the AusTOMs.