Publications and Presentations

Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs)

PUBLICATIONS:

Morris, M., (2004). AusTOMs for Physiotherapy. La Trobe University , Melbourne . ISBN 1-920948-54-6.

Morris, M., Perry, A., Unsworth, C., Skeat, J., Taylor, N., Dodd, K., Duncombe., D., & Duckett, S. (2005). Reliability of the Australian Therapy Outcome Measures for quantifying disability and health. International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 12(8), 340-346.

Perry, A., Morris, M., Unsworth, C., Duckett, S., Skeat, J., Dodd, K., Taylor, N. & Riley, K. (2004). Therapy Outcome Measures for Allied Health Practitioners in Australia : The AusTOMs. International Journal for quality in Health Care, 16 (4), 285- 291.

Perry, A., & Skeat, J., (2004). AusTOMs for Speech Pathology. La Trobe University , Melbourne . ISBN 1-920948-54-6.

Scott, F., Unsworth , C.A. , Fricke, J., Taylor, N. (2006). Reliability of the Australian Therapy Outcome Measures for Occupational Therapy (AusTOMs – OT) Self-care scale. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal,, 53, 265- 276.

Skeat, J., & Perry, A. (2004).Outcomes in practice: Lessons from AusTOMs. Acquiring knowledge in Speech, language and Hearing, 6 (3), 123- 126.

Skeat, J., & Perry, A. (2005). Outcome measurement in dysphagia: Not so hard to swallow. Dysphagia, 20 (2 ), 390-399.

Skeat, J., Perry, A., Morris, M., Unsworth, C., Duckett, S., Dodd, K., Taylor, N. (2003). The use of the ICF framework in an allied health outcome measure: Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs). In Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ICF Australian user guide. Version 1.0. (pp. 77- 81). Canberra : Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Unsworth , C.A. , & Duncombe, D. (2004). AusTOMs for Occupational Therapy. La Trobe University , Melbourne . ISBN 1-920948-54-6.

Unsworth, C., Duckett, S., Duncombe, D., Perry, A., Skeat, J., Taylor., N. (2004). Validity of the AusTOM Scales: A comparison of the AusTOMs and EuroQol-5D. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes,2 , 1- 12.

PRESENTATIONS:

Unsworth, C.A., Perry, A., Morris, M., Duckett, S. (2003). Development and reliability of the Occupational therapy component of the Australian Therapy Outcomes Measure. Paper presented at OT Australia 22nd National Conference. Melbourne, Australia; Promaco Conventions.

Morris M, Dodd K, Taylor N, Andrew L, Perry A, Duckett S, Unsworth, C. Development and validation of the Physiotherapy component of the Australian physiotherapy outcome measure (AusTOM). 2002 Proceedings of the 7th International Physiotherapy Congress, May 25-28, 2002, Sydney: 119.

Perry, A., & Skeat, J. (2002, 17 May). Australian Therapy Outcome Measure Project (AusTOMs): A Valid and Reliable Measure of Therapy Outcomes. Paper presented at the Outcome Measures for the Allied Health Professions, Queensland Council for Allied Health Professionals, Brisbane, QLD.

Skeat, J., Perry, A., Morris, M., Unsworth, C., Duckett, S., Dodd, K., & Taylor, N. (2002, 4 Sept). Australian Therapy Outcome Measures (AusTOMs): Development of a valid and reliable measure of therapy outcomes for speech pathology, occupational therapy and physiotherapy in Australia. Paper presented at the Health Care in Focus (incorporating the 14th Casemix Conference): Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Melbourne, VIC.

Unsworth, C. A. (2002). Examining the evidence-base for occupational therapy practice with clients who have cognitive and perceptual problems. Diff'rent Strokes International Stroke Symposium. Stamford Grand Hotel, Adelaide, 10-11 October.

Unsworth, C. A. (2002). Australian Therapy Outcome Measure project (AusTOMs): A valid and reliable measure of therapy outcomes. Presentation at the OT Australia Victorian Disability Special Interest Group, 15th October.

Therapy Outcome Measures (TOM- UK)

Enderby, P. (1992). Outcome measures in speech therapy: Impairment, disability, handicap and distress. Health Trends, 24(2), 61-64.

Enderby, P. (1997). The art and science of measuring outcomes. RCSLT Bulletin, July, 7.

Enderby, P. (1999). For richer for poorer: Outcome measurement in speech and language therapy. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 1(1), 63-65.

Enderby, P., & John, A. (1997). Therapy Outcome Measures Speech-Language Pathology Technical Manual. San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, Inc.

Enderby, P., & John, A. (1997). Working with TOM. RCSLT Bulletin, July, 15.

Enderby, P., & John, A. (1999). Therapy outcome measures in speech and language therapy: Comparing performance between different providers. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 34(4), 417-429.

Enderby, P., John, A., Hughes, A., & Petherham, B. (2000). Benchmarking in rehabilitation: Comparing physiotherapy services. British Journal of Clinical Governance, 5(2), 86-92.

Enderby, P., John, A., Hughes, A., & Petherham, B. (2003). Using benchmarking data for assessing performance in occupational therapy. Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 8 (4), 290-295.

Enderby, P., John, A., & Petherham, B. (1998). Therapy outcome measures manual : physiotherapy, occupational therapy, rehabilitation nursing. San Diego: Singular.

Enderby, P., Kew, E. (1995). Outcome measurement in physiotherapy using the World Health Organisation's classification of impairment, disability and handicap: A pilot study. Physiotherapy, 81 (4), 177-180.

John, A., & Enderby, P. (2000). Reliability of speech and language therapists using Therapy Outcome Measures. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 35, 287-302.

John, A., Enderby, P., Hughes, A., & Petherham, B. (2001). Benchmarking can facilitate the sharing of information on outcomes of care. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 36(Suppl.), 385-390.

John, A., Hughes, A., & Enderby, P. (2002). Establishing clinician reliability using the therapy outcome measure for the purpose of benchmarking services. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 4 (2), 79-87.

Hesketh, A., & Hopcutt, B. (1996). Outcome measures for aphasia therapy: it's not what you do, it's the way that you measure it. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 32 (3), 203-216.

Hesketh, A., & Sage, K. (1999). For better, for worse: Outcome measurement in speech and language therapy. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 1(1), 37-45.

Le May M. & Green C. (1998). What is the outcome of the outcomes? Evaluation of the therapy outcome measures. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 33 (Suppl), 75-7.

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Funding for the AusTOMs study was provided by the
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing

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Last Updated: 24 August, 2007