Lefebvre Kristin, Anderson Terri, Herbertson Kim, Keirsey Aliah, Wnorowski Heather, Palombaro Kerstin M
Widener University, Chester, PA.
Cardiopulm Phys Ther J. 2010 Dec;21(4):5-13.
The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR) recommends health related quality of life (HRQL) measurement with all cardiovascular and pulmonary patients. The current pattern of use of HRQL measurement among cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapists is unknown.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pattern of use of HRQL measurement among cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapists.
The study used a semi-structured interview format within the context of 3 focus groups.
Eleven physical therapists participated in this study and all were members of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). Participants participated in a conference call and were provided a question tree to guide discussion.
Several primary themes emerged, including decreased knowledge, barriers, and poor indicators of patient status. In addition, several subthemes developed including lack of familiarity, lack of use, administrative and cost limitations, inappropriateness of tool for patient population, correlation between function and quality of life, and suggestions for future outcome measures.
A lack of familiarity and use of HRQL measurement and barriers to their use were established. In addition, ideas for future research on HRQL measurements with specific patient populations in physical therapy practice were defined.
美国心血管和肺康复协会（AACVPR）建议对所有心血管和肺部疾病患者进行健康相关生活质量（HRQL）测量。目前心血管和肺部物理治疗师使用HRQL测量的模式尚不清楚。
本研究的目的是评估心血管和肺部物理治疗师使用HRQL测量的模式。
本研究在3个焦点小组的背景下采用半结构化访谈形式。
11名物理治疗师参与了本研究，他们均为美国物理治疗协会（APTA）心血管和肺科分会的成员。参与者参加了电话会议，并收到一个问题树以指导讨论。
出现了几个主要主题，包括知识减少、障碍以及患者状况的不良指标。此外，还形成了几个子主题，包括缺乏熟悉度、缺乏使用、行政和成本限制、工具对患者群体的不适用性、功能与生活质量之间的相关性以及对未来结果测量的建议。
确定了对HRQL测量缺乏熟悉度和使用情况以及使用这些测量的障碍。此外，还明确了在物理治疗实践中针对特定患者群体进行HRQL测量的未来研究思路。
