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Goal planning: a retrospective audit of rehabilitation process and outcome

National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC), Oxford, UK

Matthew J Evans

NSIC, now at Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Paul Kennedy

NSIC and Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

Objective: To consider the effectiveness of a goal planning programme for people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and address some of the current evidence gaps in goal setting.

Design: Retrospective audit.

Subjects: Consecutive series of 65 newly injured SCI patients.

Main outcome measures: The Needs Assessment Checklist (NAC) has been specifically developed for the SCI population, and is used to assess patient attainment in core rehabilitation areas. A ‘Goal Planning Progress’ form was also used to specifically detail the goal planning process.

Results: Across the 65 patients, 396 goal planning meetings were held with 6176 goals set in total. Seventy-two per cent of the goals set at the first goal planning meeting were achieved by the second meeting. The rate of achievement at subsequent meetings was 68%. Significant differences in the number of planned rehabilitation days, number of goal planning meetings, and goals set were identified between injury categories. Significant positive correlations were found between the number of goals set and achievement, as measured by the NAC, in certain rehabilitation domains.

Conclusions: The findings of this study demonstrate that the Needs Assessment and Goal Planning framework is effective in planning SCI rehabilitation. The capacity of this goal planning system to reflect individual need has also been established. Further systematic analyses of this process could potentially lead to more efficient rehabilitation and the identification of care pathways within clinical areas.

Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 18, No. 3, 275-286 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215504cr720oa


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