Faith Stagge, Matthew L Cohen, Allyson Lindsay Johnson, Alyssa M Lanzi
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Abstract
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) primarily assess patients with cognitive-communication disorders using performance-based measures. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) may also prove useful in clinical practice with these populations, as they can capture applied communication constructs with subjective or unobservable elements (e.g., cognitive fatigue). We conducted a survey to gain insight into SLPs' clinical use of PROMs with these populations.
Method: Ninety-five SLPs responded to 26 survey items that explored SLPs' (a) current use of PROMs in clinical care for adults with cognitive-communication disorders, (b) needs and barriers related to PROM use in clinical practice, and (c) gaps and needs with respect to the measurement of patient health-related quality of life. A convergent mixed-methods design was used to analyze qualitative and quantitative survey responses. Free-response questions were coded using a conventional content analysis.
Results: Forty percent of respondents reported using PROMs with their patients with cognitive-communication disorders, most often for goal setting, followed by assessing treatment effects. SLPs also reported barriers to PROM use with patients with cognitive-communication disorders, such as patient insight deficits and limited time. The identified barriers of poor implementation and dissemination have implications for future research directions.
Conclusions: The survey findings suggest that many SLPs do not currently use PROMs with patients who have cognitive-communication disorders, but those who do find them useful for goal setting. Survey findings also indicate several barriers that limit broader adoption of PROMs for this clinical population, which should be addressed through future implementation research and clinical initiatives such as creating PROM education for SLPs.
期刊介绍:
Mission: AJSLP publishes peer-reviewed research and other scholarly articles on all aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. The journal is an international outlet for clinical research pertaining to screening, detection, diagnosis, management, and outcomes of communication and swallowing disorders across the lifespan as well as the etiologies and characteristics of these disorders. Because of its clinical orientation, the journal disseminates research findings applicable to diverse aspects of clinical practice in speech-language pathology. AJSLP seeks to advance evidence-based practice by disseminating the results of new studies as well as providing a forum for critical reviews and meta-analyses of previously published work.
Scope: The broad field of speech-language pathology, including aphasia; apraxia of speech and childhood apraxia of speech; aural rehabilitation; augmentative and alternative communication; cognitive impairment; craniofacial disorders; dysarthria; fluency disorders; language disorders in children; speech sound disorders; swallowing, dysphagia, and feeding disorders; and voice disorders.