Satisfaction of members of interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams with goal planning meetings

Abstract

Sivaraman Nair KP, Wade DT. Satisfaction of members of interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams with goal planning meetings. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2003;84:1710–3. Objective To study how satisfied members of interdisciplinary rehabilitation teams are with goal planning meetings. Design Survey. Setting A regional rehabilitation center for people with acute nonprogressive brain injuries in the United Kingdom. Participants Forty-four rehabilitation professionals who participated in 31 goal-planning meetings held between January 1, 2001, and March 30, 2001. Interventions Not applicable. Main outcome measure Responses to a questionnaire about staff satisfaction with rehabilitation team meetings. Results Forty-four of 46 members of 21 different rehabilitation teams completed the questionnaires. They included 12 occupational therapists, 7 physiotherapists, 7 physicians, 6 nurses, 5 clinical psychologists, 5 speech pathologists, and 2 social workers. Median scores of different domains were as follows: participation, 13; behavior, 20; outcome, 14; and process, 16. Correlations between the participation and outcome domains (ρ=.731, P=.01) and the process and outcome domains (ρ=.384, P=.05) were significant. None of the domain scores correlated with features of the meetings. Scores given by chairpersons for participation ( P=.001) and outcome ( P=.047) were significantly higher than those given by other participants. Conclusions Professionals were satisfied with the behavior of other participants and the process of goal-planning meetings. Satisfaction with outcome was related to satisfaction with the participation in and the process of the meetings. Chairpersons were more satisfied with the participation domain.