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Goal-setting in rehabilitation: report of a workshop to explore professionals' perceptions of goal-setting

University of Nottingham Rehabilitation Research Unit, Derby, UK

L Dawson

University of Derby, Derby, UK

V Limbert

Kings Lodge Rehabilitation Unit, Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby, UK

M Smith

Southern Derbyshire Community Services NHS Trust, Derby, UK

C D Ward

University of Nottingham Rehabilitation Research Unit, Derby, UK

R Wells

Stroke Unit, Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Derby, UK

Objective: To explore the views of therapists, nurses and doctors working in a variety of rehabilitation settings on the goal-setting process.

Methods: Sixteen rehabilitation staff from three different settings attended a goal-setting workshop in which the difficulties associated with goal-setting were described with their potential solutions.

Results: Five difficulties with goal-setting were identified. (1) Formal goal-setting was felt to be an activity unusual for many of the patients although intrinsic to the activity of many professional groups. (2) Goal-setting is often insensitive to people's roles in the community. (3) Goal-setting in the hospital environment does not transfer easily to the community. (4) External factors (e.g. staff turnover) over which staff felt they had little control were important in the success of a goal-setting programme. (5) Goals tend to be formulated and owned by the team, rather than the patient.

Conclusions: Goal-setting is a very satisfactory activity for the team but to be as successful for the patient their needs must be acknowledged. People with mild disability and a short inpatient stay have different needs to those with acute onset severe permanent disability and those with chronic or progressive disability admitted from the community. Comparison of both process and outcome effects of different types of goal-setting is an area for future study.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 14, No. 5, 491-496 (2000)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215500cr343oa


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