Goal attainment scaling as a measure of meaningful outcomes for children with sensory integration disorders.
Goal attainment scaling (GAS) is a methodology that shows promise for application to intervention effectiveness research and program evaluation in occupational therapy (Dreiling & Bundy, 2003; King et al., 1999; Lannin, 2003; Mitchell & Cusick, 1998). This article identifies the recent and current applications of GAS to occupational therapy for children with sensory integration dysfunction, as well as the process, usefulness, and problems of application of the GAS methodology to this population. The advantages and disadvantages of using GAS in single-site and multisite research with this population is explored, as well as the potential solutions and future programs that will strengthen the use of GAS as a measure of treatment effectiveness, both in current clinical practice and in much-needed larger, multisite research studies.
Mailloux
Zoe
Z
Pediatric Therapy Network, 1815 West 213th Street, Suite 100, Torrance, CA 90501, USA. zoem@PTNmail.org
May-Benson
Teresa A
TA
Summers
Clare A
CA
Miller
Lucy Jane
LJ
Brett-Green
Barbara
B
Burke
Janice P
JP
Cohn
Ellen S
ES
Koomar
Jane A
JA
Parham
L Diane
LD
Roley
Susanne Smith
SS
Schaaf
Roseann C
RC
Schoen
Sarah A
SA
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D009788:Occupational Therapy; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D020886:Somatosensory Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States