作者: Enrique V. Smith-Forbes
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摘要: OF DISSERTATION EXPLORATION FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PATIENT ADHERENCE IN UPPER EXTREMITY REHABILITATION: A MIXED-METHODS EMBEDDED DESIGN Adherence is considered a prerequisite for the success of exercise programs musculoskeletal disorders. The negative effects non-adherence to recommendations impact cost care, and also treatment effectiveness, duration, therapeutic relationship, waiting times, efficiency personnel use equipment. intervention multifaceted problem. World Health Organization (WHO) established multidimensional adherence model (MAM). MAM describes five interactive dimensions (socioeconomic, healthcare team system, condition-related, therapy-related, patient-related factors) that have an effect on patient adherence. first purpose this dissertation was explore dimension conditionrelated factors determine Quick Disabilities Arm Shoulder Hand (QDASH) minimal clinical important difference (MCID) three distal upper extremity conditions. second personal learn from individuals who expressed incongruence between their QDASH GROC scores; how they described perceived change in therapy. third therapy-related examine patienttherapist collaborative goal setting outcomes. Results demonstrated study diagnosis specific MCID’s differed global MCID using multiple diagnoses. In results