Goal attainment scaling with older people in general practice: A feasibility study.

Sophie Ce van Blijswijk, Jacobijn Gussekloo, Florentine M Heijmans, Annet W Wind, Wendy Pj den Elzen, Jeanet W Blom

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Enabling health and maintaining independence for older people at home: the 'HomeHealth' Randomised Controlled Trial.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2026
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Maintaining independence at home after a fall: a process evaluation of the MAINTAIN multicomponent intervention for people living with dementia.Age and ageing · 2025
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Evaluating Goal Attainment Scaling for Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment or Dementia in Rehabilitation Settings.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2025
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Understanding how older people with mild frailty engage with behaviour change to support their independence: a qualitative study.BMJ open · 2025
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Clinician and Researcher Experiences with Goal Attainment Scaling: A Qualitative Study on Opportunities and Challenges for Personalized Outcome Assessments.Patient related outcome measures · 2025
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A person-centered approach to home and community-based services outcome measurement.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023
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Personalized goals of people living with dementia and family carers: A content analysis of goals set within an individually tailored psychosocial intervention trial.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.)
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Sophie Ce van BlijswijkDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

Jacobijn GusseklooDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

Florentine M HeijmansDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

Annet W WindDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

Wendy Pj den ElzenDepartment of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

Jeanet W BlomDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Hippocratespad 21, Postzone V0-P, Postbus 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands.

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Abstract

Background: The impact of health problems on daily life and consequent treatment goals differ from person to person, particularly for older people with multiple health problems. Personalized care in general practice can help address these health problems, but evaluation of its effects remains difficult. In rehabilitation, a common approach to the evaluation of personalized care is Goal Attainment Scaling. This feasibility study assesses whether goal attainment scaling can also be applied to the evaluation of personal care for community-dwelling older people in general practice. Methods: General practices were invited to participate in this longitudinal, observational feasibility study. Practice nurses and general practitioners received training in care plans and goal attainment scaling. They were each asked to create care plans and goal attainment scales for patients (aged ≥75 years) and to carry out evaluations at three and six months. Professionals and patients both completed a short questionnaire to evaluate their experiences regarding the (dis)advantages of goal attainment scaling. Results: Professionals ( Conclusions: Goal attainment scaling shows potential benefit for clinical practice and general practice research in terms of the setting and evaluation of goals for community-dwelling older persons. Further research is needed to develop more standardized and less time-consuming goal attainment scaling methods.

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Care-action-planCommunity-dwelling older peopleEvaluation methodGeneral practiceGoal attainment scalingGoal settingIndividualised carePersonalised carePractice nursesPrimary care

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PMID38746730

DOI10.1016/j.ijnsa.2020.100015

PMCPMC11080302

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