School-Based Physical Therapy Services: Predicting the Gap Between Ideal and Actual Embedded Services.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To ascertain the variables predicting the gap between ideal and actual practice in embedding school-based physical therapy services.

Methods

School-based physical therapists completed an online survey estimating ideal and actual practice of embedding physical therapy services. Predictive modeling was used to determine whether disability, interventions, goals, families, teachers, workload, billing, and/or contracts predicted the gap between estimated ideal and actual practice.

Results

Data from 410 participants revealed that severity of students' disability, billing, written contracts, and families' preferences predicted the gap between estimated ideal and actual services. Actual practice varied based on region, APTA membership, and Academy of Pediatric Physica

SUBMITTER: Clevenger VD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7161956 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature