A guideline-based preference elicitation tool to enhance shared decision-making in supervised exercise therapy for patients with intermittent claudication: a process evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To facilitate person-centered physical therapy for patients with intermittent claudication, we introduced a preference elicitation tool to Dutch physical therapists. The tool is designed to support the patient-therapist dialogue and enhance collaborative treatment planning. Successful integration of this tool into practice requires a thorough understanding of factors that influenced therapists' (non)adoption.

Objectives

To evaluate whether therapists adopted the preference elicitation tool, assess the tool's reach, and identify perceived barriers and facilitators by therapists that influenced adoption.

Methods

A multi-method process evaluation was conducted following a series of implementation activities. Routinely collected quantitative data were used to a

SUBMITTER: Marcellis LHM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12322985 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature