Rehabilitees perspective on goal setting in rehabilitation – a phenomenological approach

Goal setting and functional outcomes in rehabilitation.

The Impacts of Goal Setting and Curiosity on the Employee Job Performance: A Perspective from NGO sector of Pakistan

The present study investigates the impact of goal setting and curiosity (HR outcomes) on the job performance of the employees. Non government sector in Islamabad, Pakistan was targeted in this regard. Data was collected from 282 respondents belonging to local and international NGOs. SPSS was used as data analysis tool and a comprehensive questionnaire was used to collect data. In 20% cases ques...

Goal setting in cardiac rehabilitation: implications for clinical practice.

BACKGROUND Effective goal setting is a vital component of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) programs. OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to investigate the types of goals set by patients attending a CR program in a tertiary teaching hospital and the compatibility of the goals set with the patient's risk factor profile. METHODS A descriptive, cross sectional, retrospective audit of the me...

Older rehabilitees' life-course agency in Finnish gerontological rehabilitation.

AIMS This study investigates gerontological rehabilitation sessions of Finnish rehabilitees in the framework of life-course agency from the perspectives of temporal orientation and agency. METHODS The research data were obtained by non-participatory observation in 11 individual goal-setting sessions between 11 rehabilitees and their personal counsellors. The data were analysed in accordance w...

Implementing a framework for goal setting in community based stroke rehabilitation: a process evaluation

BACKGROUND Goal setting is considered 'best practice' in stroke rehabilitation; however, there is no consensus regarding the key components of goal setting interventions or how they should be optimally delivered in practice. We developed a theory-based goal setting and action planning framework (G-AP) to guide goal setting practice. G-AP has 4 stages: goal negotiation, goal setting, action plan...