Using the RE-AIM and TDF frameworks to evaluate the implementation of a standardized cognitive assessment protocol in outpatient rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impairments in cognition significantly affect patient functioning and rehabilitation outcomes. Assessment is essential to identifying at-risk individuals and guiding care plans.

Objective

A cognitive assessment protocol was implemented in occupational therapy (OT) and speech-language pathology (SLP) outpatient practice. Using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework and Theoretical Domains Framework (TDF), this study (1) measured the reach and adoption of the cognitive assessment protocol and (2) explored determinants and strategies that may affect adoption.

Design

Sequential mixed methods.

Setting

Two outpatient rehabilitation clinics (A and B) within a health care network.

Participants

Medical re

SUBMITTER: Tierney-Hendricks C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12659721 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature