Evaluating diagnostic and management agreement between physiotherapists and ear, nose and throat specialist in a primary contact physiotherapy-led vestibular clinic: A prospective blinded inter-rater agreement pilot study
Physiotherapists and ENT medical practitioner made comparable diagnostic and management decisions, based on physiotherapy and audiology hearing assessment, for adults with signs of vestibular dysfunction, within an ENT primary contact physiotherapy-led vestibular clinic. This study provides support for this type of Physiotherapy-led service in managing patients referred to an ENT service with vestibular dysfunction.
Authors
- Kelly A. Weir (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-1925)
- Christopher L. Payten (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4633-6074)
- Fritha Noonan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6044-7902)
- Jennifer Eakin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7446-5383)
- Tamsin Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4552-7343)
- Vicky Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9762-5749)
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Gold Coast Hospital (AU)
- Gold Coast Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11519-6
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Reliability and Agreement in Measurement
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.46
Funders
- Griffith University