Week 11 : Walking aid prescription

Question 1

why prescribe

Answer 1

Diagnosisandcurrenthealthstatus
• Patientgoals
• Personalfactors,incl.age,occupation,leisure
• Atypicalday
• Previous products, what worked well and what didn’t
• Environment(work,home,outdoor)
• TypeofTransport
• Expecteduse
• Patientpreferences
• FundingandTimeframes