Johnson Connie C, Long Toby
Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, Virginia, USA.
Pediatr Phys Ther. 2010 Winter;22(4):392-8. doi: 10.1097/PEP.0b013e3181f992e6.
Diagnosis and prognosis are components of the Patient Client Management Model of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. The purpose of this study is to determine how pediatric physical therapists (PPTs) define and use diagnosis and prognosis in their practice.
This article reports the themes revealed in answers to open-ended questions on diagnosis and prognosis (n = 7 to n = 68) in an electronic survey that was sent to PPTs who are members of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Section on Pediatrics, and non-Section members of the APTA who identify themselves as PPTs.
In this sample, PPTs lack consistency in their definition and use of the terms diagnosis and prognosis. Many respondents reported a level of discomfort with the relevance, utility, and usefulness of diagnosis and prognosis.
Despite literature on diagnosis and prognosis, PPTs continue to struggle with using these concepts in their practice.
诊断和预后是《物理治疗师实践指南》中患者管理模式的组成部分。本研究的目的是确定儿科物理治疗师（PPTs）在实践中如何定义和使用诊断及预后。
本文报告了一项电子调查中关于诊断和预后的开放式问题（n = 7至n = 68）答案中所揭示的主题。该调查发送给了美国物理治疗协会（APTA）儿科分会的PPTs成员以及自称为PPTs的APTA非分会成员。
在这个样本中，PPTs在诊断和预后这两个术语的定义和使用上缺乏一致性。许多受访者表示对诊断和预后的相关性、实用性和有用性感到一定程度的不适。
尽管有关于诊断和预后的文献，但PPTs在实践中使用这些概念仍存在困难。
