Priority 21 from the Physiotherapy PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: How do physiotherapists decide on what their treatment plans include and/ or when to refer on? What influences the types of evidence they use? (JLA PSP Priority 21) | |
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| Overall ranking | 21 |
| JLA question ID | 0061/21 |
| Explanatory note | This question asks how physiotherapists make decisions on what treatment a patient needs and when they need to refer on for specialist help. It was developed from the survey responses of patients, carers and physiotherapists. |
| Evidence |
Elvén, M. and Dean, E., 2017. Factors influencing physical therapists’ clinical reasoning: qualitative systematic review and meta-synthesis. Physical Therapy Reviews, pp.1-16. |
| Health Research Classification System category | Generic Health Relevance |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples | How do physiotherapist devise a plan for someone with limited usual activities and post exersion malaise due to failing energy levels such as ME. [Question ID 364, Patient] |
| Submitted by | Question submitted 40 times by all groups |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0061 |
| PSP name | Physiotherapy |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 65 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 7 February 2018 |