Physiotherapists' views on the Australian Physiotherapy Association's Choosing Wisely recommendations: a content analysis.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Choosing Wisely holds promise for increasing awareness of low-value care in physiotherapy. However, it is unclear how physiotherapists' view Choosing Wisely recommendations. The aim of this study was to evaluate physiotherapists' feedback on Choosing Wisely recommendations and investigate agreement with each recommendation. SETTING:The Australian Physiotherapy Association emailed a survey to all 20 029 physiotherapist members in 2015 seeking feedback on a list of Choosing Wisely recommendations. PARTICIPANTS:A total of 9764 physiotherapists opened the email invitation (49%) and 543 completed the survey (response rate 5.6%). Participants were asked about the acceptability of the wording of recommendations using a closed (Yes/No) and free-text response option (section 1). Then usi

SUBMITTER: Zadro J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756333 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature