Abstract

Aim:: To determine the barriers which do not allow the health care providers/therapists to use the beneficial appropriate outcome measurement tools in their daily routine practice.

Methodology: This cross sectional study included 196 health care providers, working clinically in Punjab hospitals either in private or government sectors, to fill the poll to get an entire and legitimate review of applicable hindrances and barriers of standardized outcome measurement tool. Distinctive strategies for information gathering were utilized through writing seek, semi-organized meetings and an online overview.All qualitative variables were presented as frequency distribution tables and interpreted logically to suggest actions, where obtained. As this was a complete descriptive study, no statistical tests of significance were applied.

Results: The results of this study showed that changing routine is difficult in health care settings, use of outcome measurement tools (OMT) is too time consuming for patients, patients preferences are not clear, need of more space to practice OMT, patients overload do not allow to use these standardized OMT, additional financial compensation is needed to practice OMT, lack of training in using OMT, more emphasis is needed to gain more knowledge about OMT, complexity and variability in patient’s condition is hurdle in using outcome measurement tool, lack of active strategies for implementation of use of OM tools are some of the barriers in health care setting.

Conclusion: The findings of this study indicate that there is need to overcome the barriers between the health care provider and outcome measurement tools, need to implement active strategies and arrange more seminars and training sessions to emphasize the usefulness of OMT, changes should be done for clinical setups and financial support should be maintained.

Keywords: Outcome measurement tools, Rehabilitation, Performance Evaluation, Health Professional Education