title: Patient profiles: utilization in functional performance assessment.
abstract: A computerized XY graphic plotted profile has been developed as a method of displaying patient progress and goals using the Patient Evaluation Conference System (PECS) as the data source. Each profile is a bar graph of functional status and goal scores for specific contact-evaluation points. Contacts are represented by different colors so that one color is superimposed on the other. Individual functional items are plotted on the X-axis at the appropriate level of independent or dependent function, as indicated by the 0 to 7 scale which appears on the Y-axis. The profile is used in goal-oriented team conferences, and provides a focus on particular problems of low status or discrepencies between status and goals. This visual aid can provide a display of rehabilitation progress useful to the patient, family, and staff.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003201:Computers; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010361:Patients