Evaluation of the implementation of personalised outcomes forecasts to optimise supervised exercise therapy in patients with intermittent claudication: a multimethods process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Personalised outcomes forecasts (POFs) were introduced among physical and exercise therapists in the Netherlands to optimise supervised exercise therapy for patients with intermittent claudication. Yet, therapists' initial adoption and sustainable implementation of POFs can be influenced by various factors.

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to examine therapists' adoption of the POFs, their fidelity to the measurement protocol for supervised exercise therapy, and their perceived barriers and facilitators for using POFs in practice.

Methods

A multimethod process evaluation was conducted, including quantitative descriptive and pre-post approaches, as well as a qualitative framework approach. To examine adoption, we evaluated the proportion of therapist

SUBMITTER: Marcellis LHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11751796 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature