ArticleBMJ open quality2020
Development of quality indicators for departments of hospital-based physiotherapy: a modified Delphi study.
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- A framework to improve quality of hospital-based physiotherapy: a design-based research study.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Public sector physiotherapists' organisation and profile: Implications for intensive care service.The South African journal of physiotherapy · 2023Article
- Newborn signal functions in Bangladesh: Identification through expert consultation and assessment of readiness among public health facilities.Journal of global health · 2022Article
- Quality aspects of hospital-based physiotherapy from the perspective of key stakeholders: a qualitative study.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- Application of the defect management improvement mode under Joint Commission International standard to improve the instrument cleaning and disinfection effect and management quality in the central sterile supply department: a randomized trial.Annals of translational medicine · 2022Article
- Improved quality of physiotherapy care in patients with Whiplash-Associated Disorders: Results based on 16 years of routinely collected data.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Defining adverse events during trauma resuscitation: a modified RAND Delphi study.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2021Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundInternational hospital accreditation instruments, such as Joint Commission International (JCI) and Qmentum, focus mainly on hospital policy and procedures and do not specifically cover a profession such as hospital-based physiotherapy. This justifies the need for a quality system to which hospital-based physiotherapy can better identify, based on a common framework of quality indicators for effective quality management.
objectiveThis study aimed to identify the most important quality indicators of a hospital-based physiotherapy department in the eyes of hospital-based physiotherapists and their managers.
methodsBased on input from three focus groups and a structured literature review, a first set of quality indicators for hospital physiotherapy was assembled. After checking this set for duplicates and for overlap with JCI and Qmentum, it formed the starting point of a modified Delphi procedure. In two rounds, 17 hospital-based physiotherapy experts rated the quality indicators on relevance through online surveys. In a final consensus meeting, quality indicators were established, classified in quality themes and operationalised by describing for each theme the rationale, specifications, domain and type of indicator.
resultsThree focus groups provided 120 potential indicators, which were complemented with 18 potential indicators based on literature. After duplicate and overlap check and the Delphi procedure, these 138 potential indicators were reduced to a set of 56 quality indicators for hospital-based physiotherapy. Finally, these 56 indicators were condensed into 7 composite indicators, each representing a quality theme based on definitions of the European Foundation for Quality Management.
conclusionA set of 56 quality indicators, condensed into 7 composite indicators each representing a quality theme, was developed to assess the quality of a hospital-based physiotherapy department.
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