Table 4 Change in participant attitude towards patient reported outcome measures before and after receiving the education package

How influential are patient reported outcome measures to your treatment plan and patient management?

Health professionals should use patient reported outcome measures to monitor treatment outcomes using valid and reliable tools.

Patient reported outcome measures enable you to get a better understanding of your patient’s progress

The use of validated patient reported outcome measures is clinically helpful in an increasing medicolegal environment.

The use of patient reported outcome measures could be helpful in justifying ongoing treatment to third parties

My patients are all different; therefore, patient reported outcome measures would not be useful

Available patient reported outcome measures are unsuitable for the type of patients I treat

If I had more time, I would be interested in using patient reported outcome measures

I do not see the use of patient reported outcome measures as a priority

Patient reported outcome measures are unpopular with patients

Patient satisfaction is the most important outcome

I do not know enough about patient reported outcome measures to feel comfortable/confident using them

The patient discontinuing treatment puts me off using patient reported outcome measures

There is no need to change from the way that we have to assess/assessed patients

If I had to use patient reported outcome measures, I would prefer to choose which ones I used

Access to information about patient reported outcome measures is limited in my work environment