Item development for a questionnaire investigating patient self reported perception, satisfaction and outcomes of a single osteopathy in the cranial field (OCF) treatment

Abstract

Background

Sensations Experienced and Patients’ Perceptions of Osteopathy in the Cranial Field Treatment

“…12 In the current study the sample was small and it was not appropriate to perform any factor analysis on the data.…”

Evaluation of New Zealand osteopathy patients experiences of their treatment

“…The two sub-scales of the PPM-O, 'Education and Information' and 'Cognition and Fatigue' have been shown to be internally consistent in previous work (17) and the results of the present study support this. Although the PPM-O was originally developed for an OCF patient population (16), further refinement of the measure was undertaken with patients seeking predominantly structural osteopathy approaches to care (17). The outcomes of the current study in New Zealand osteopathy patients suggest the PPM-O may be valid for use in a patient population seeking predominantly OCF treatment.…”

“…A number of studies have researched the validity of this involuntary rhythm's palpability (8,9), and potential clinical uses (10)(11)(12)(13). However, only a limited number of studies have investigated the patient experience of OCF (14)(15)(16).…”

“…A lack of data on patient perception and treatment outcomes associated with OCF lead Mulcahy et al (16) to develop a questionnaire to collect and analyse patient experiential data. Originally intended only for patients receiving OCF (16), the questionnaire was later revised and condensed using both confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis (17).…”

“…A lack of data on patient perception and treatment outcomes associated with OCF lead Mulcahy et al (16) to develop a questionnaire to collect and analyse patient experiential data. Originally intended only for patients receiving OCF (16), the questionnaire was later revised and condensed using both confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch analysis (17). The questionnaire was titled the Patient Perception Measure -Osteopathy (PPM-O) and these authors suggested that it may be useful to evaluate both 'cranial' and 'structural' osteopathic treatments (15,17).…”