Table 3 Methods used to collect outcomes for the different outcome measure categories
From: Measures for assessing practice change in medical practitioners
| Â | Measure Category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Measures of Patient Change | Surrogate Measures of Patient Change | Measures of Practitioner Change | Surrogate Measures of Practitioner Change | Organisational or Process Level Change |
Medical record audit | 32% | 29% | 45% | 0 | 5% |
Computerised medical record audit | 14% | 9% | 12% | 0 | 1% |
Medical practitioner interview/survey/questionnaire | 12% | 2% | 5% | 100% | 53% |
Patient interview/survey/questionnaire | 37% | 4% | 10% | 0 | 5% |
Computerised database | 18% | 26% | 25% | 0 | 18% |
Log book/Department record/Register | 2% | 7% | 9% | 0 | 6% |
Encounter form/Request slip/Diary | 8% | 3% | 13% | 0 | 13% |
Other | 14% | 7% | 7% | 0 | 8% |
Unclear | 9% | 14% | 7% | 0 | 6% |