Engelsk titel: Physiotherapy discharge summaries - diversity concerning function and usefulness
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Författare:
Stavang, Vibeke Bergsvik
;
Thornquist, Eline
Email: vibeke.stavang@helse-forde.no
Språk: Nor
Antal referenser: 21
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14113793
Sammanfattning
Purpose: Investigate the usefulness of physiotherapy hospital discharge summaries for
physiotherapists working in primary healthcare.
Material: This study was carried out with six physiotherapists from primary healthcare in an area
limited geographically.
Method: Individual, semi structured interviews were conducted, focusing on the usefulness of one
particular discharge summary and discharge summaries in general. The interviews were analyzed
using systematic text condensation and a hermeneutic approach.
Results: Discharge summaries contribute to safety in treatment situations, in communication with
next of kin and other professionals. It also contributes to maintain a hierarchy in the healthcare
system and between diagnostic groups. Strong recommendations regarding further treatment were
not appreciated. Concrete information about the functional capacity of the patients, previous treatment
and further plans were highly valued by the informants, and written information was considered more
useful than oral. Based on the entire material it is difficult to present a unifying term of quality for
discharge summaries.
Conclusion: It is challenging for physiotherapists to display professional assessment in their written
products, and clarify their competence.