Open AccessPatient and Program Outcome Assessment in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Laura Peno-Green,
David E. Verrill,
Mark Vitcenda,
Neil R. MacIntyre,
Helen Graham
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.7
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1932-751X
pISSN - 1932-7501
DOI - 10.1097/hcr.0b013e3181b4c8a6
Subject(s) - outcome (game theory) , rehabilitation , medicine , pulmonary rehabilitation , parallels , context (archaeology) , statement (logic) , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , operations management , engineering , paleontology , mathematics , mathematical economics , political science , law , biology
Quantifying and analyzing pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) results in the form of an outcome assessment are a means of evaluating patient performance and program effectiveness. Implementation of a structured outcome assessment is feasible and parallels many aspects of the traditional rehabilitation evaluation. This statement outlines key components to PR outcome evaluation in the context of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation PR Outcome Matrix and includes a discussion of some of the popular tools used to collect measurement data.