4. Review and take recommended action
Use outcome measures to help to monitor progress and identify people at risk of poor recovery.
This is only a guide and there will always be individual differences.
Recommended
Below provides a summary of how to review patient progress, and what action to take based on the indicators of recovery or poor recovery during the first 12 weeks.
Use these assessments as part of the treatment program to monitor progress. If your initial assessment is more than seven days post-injury, use these intervals as a guide.
Initial assessment
Do these assessments:
Indicates recovery | Recommended action |
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7 days post injury
Do these assessments:
Indicates recovery | Recommended action |
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3 weeks post injury
Do these assessments:
Where the patient has unchanged VAS and NDI, do this assessment:
- Impact of Events Scale (IES) - screen for post traumatic stress
Indicates recovery | Recommended action |
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Indicates risk of poor recovery | Recommended action |
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6 weeks post injury
Do these assessments:
Where the patient has unchanged VAS and NDI scores, do this assessment:
- Impact of Events Scale (IES) - screen for post traumatic stress
Indicates recovery | Recommended action |
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Indicates risk of poor recovery | Recommended action |
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12 weeks post injury
Do these assessments:
Indicates recovery | Recommended action |
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Indicates risk of poor recovery | Recommended action |
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