Development of a first-contact protocol to guide assessment of adult patients in rehabilitation services networks

• Autor(a) principal: Souza,Mariana A. P.
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Ferreira,Fabiane R., César,Cibele C., Furtado,Sheyla R. C., Coster,Wendy J., Mancini,Marisa C., Sampaio,Rosana F.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-35552016000200148
• topic: rehabilitation; assessment; patient-centered care; international classification of functioning; disability and health

Objective: This paper describes the development of the Protocol for Identification of Problems for Rehabilitation (PLPR), a tool to standardize collection of functional information based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). Development of the protocol: The PLPR was developed for use during the initial contact with adult patients within a public network of rehabilitation services. Steps to develop the protocol included: survey of the ICF codes most used by clinical professionals; compilation of data from functional instruments; development and pilot testing of a preliminary version in the service settings; discussion with professionals and development of the final version. The final version includes: user identification; social and health information; brief functional description (BFD); summary of the BFD; and PLPR results. Further testing of the final version will be conducted. Conclusions: The protocol standardizes the first contact between the user and the rehabilitation service. Systematic use of the protocol could also help to create a functional database that would allow comparisons between rehabilitation services and countries over time.