outcomes Flashcards
Define clinical accountability
Procedures and processes by which one party that carries out an action justifies and is held responsible for its actions by another interested party
Assessing outcomes for a particular patient - circumstances and possible measures
Circumstance - patient oriented enablement
Measures - COSI; visual analogue scales; significant other measures; personalised satisfaction measures
Assessing effectiveness of a particular service - circumstances and measures
Circumstances - comparison of different audiological centres
Measures - SADL (Satisfcation with Amplification in Daily Life); GHABP (Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile); Changes in other measure; IOI international outcome inventories
What can we measure?
Benefit - Decreased disability/increases activity; decreased handicap/increased participation; quality of sound
Satisfaction
Usage
QOL
How can we measure benefits?
Performance based measures (aided speech testing)
Questionnaires
—-> self administered
—-> administered by clinician
Why do we use speech tests?
1) Measure initial or remaining disability/activity limitation (not restriction)
2) Decide if a program/aid has had the desired effect
3) Compare hearing aids or rehabilitation programs
Aided speech test conclusion
Must be aware score will differ depending on testing conditions and generalisation is not always appropriate
High face validity
Demonstrate utility of lip reading and context
Verifying
Informing further rehab pathways
Issues with questionnaires
Low face validity
Illiteracy
Participant bias
Benefits of COSI
Client specific - high relevance
Relatively short
Good test-retest reliability and validity
Problem - not standardised, can’t look at it in comparison to other clinics etc
What is satisfaction?
The clients reaction to salient aspects of the context, process and results of the service experience
What is QOL?
General - physical health, psychological health, social relation, education, material wealth, recreation/leisure time, and environment
Health related
SPIN
Speech Perception in Noise
List of high and low predictability sentences
Most don’t do it in noise, to either show improvement in scores with contextual cues
Quick SIN
1 min test , aims to measure SNR a listener requires to understand ~50% of key words in sentences in background babble
Whole word scoring
5 key words in each sentence
Vary SNR from 25-0
HAUQ
Measures Usage, benefit and satisfaction
HHIE
Pre-Post measure
Health related QOL measure as it relates to aural rehab
2 subscales: emotional and social/situational
Nice and simple
Should be done face to face/improves reliability