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Outcomes assessment for chronic venous disease
Published in Peter Gloviczki, Michael C. Dalsing, Bo Eklöf, Fedor Lurie, Thomas W. Wakefield, Monika L. Gloviczki, Handbook of Venous and Lymphatic Disorders, 2017
Michael A. Vasquez, Linda Harris
Current generic QoL tools that have been used in the reporting of venous obstruction include the 36-item SF-36 and 12-item SF-12 health surveys.17 The benefits of generalized QoL forms include the potential to compare QoL between venous and other diseases. The SF-36 includes two categories (physical and mental health) with eight domains that assess social functioning, role limitations due to impairment in physical or mental health, mental health, pain, vitality, physical functioning, and health perception. Higher scores indicate better health perception. The SF-12 is a subset of the SF-36 and can be completed in 2 minutes. However, these tools do not allow for a full assessment of specific venous issues.
Interprofessional Practice and Education: Interrelationship with Knowledge Generation, the IPE Core Data Set and National Information Exchange Infrastructure
Published in Connie White Delaney, Charlotte A. Weaver, Joyce Sensmeier, Lisiane Pruinelli, Patrick Weber, Deborah Trautman, Kedar Mate, Howard Catton, Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century – Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition, Book 2, 2022
Laura Pejsa, Christine Arenson, James T. Pacala, Jennifer Kertz, Barbara Brandt
The approach to Quadruple Aim outcomes demonstrates sensitivity to data collection burden and acknowledges the abundance of existing data in health systems. The IPE Core Data Set adopts widely used and validated instruments already used in health systems for measuring perceived health and health-related quality of life, and the patient experience of care (Nichol et al., 2001). Outcome data is de-identified before submission and facilitated through automatic data feeds when possible. Sources of outcome data include the following.Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36 or SF-12). Core data for population health includes measures for general health, recent changes in health and deaths in the past year. The 36-item short-form and 12-item short health surveys (SF-36 and SF-12, respectively), developed by the RAND Health Insurance Experiment, have been extensively tested and been found reliable for measuring functional health (physical and mental) and well-being (Ware et al., 1992).Consumer Assessment of HealthCare Providers Surveys (CAHPS). The US Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed a series of instruments designed to capture patient experiences and satisfaction with their healthcare providers and services. Several different surveys exist for different provider settings (e.g., clinics, home healthcare, dental, adult and child hospital) (AHRQ, 2018). If CAHPS are not appropriate for an IPE setting, or it is difficult to obtain this in a setting, a subset of four questions from CAHPS can be substituted that are readily standardized across diverse populations and are patient-completed and easily understood (Crofton et al., 1999).Use of Health Services. This information comprises office visits, home healthcare, emergency room visits, hospitalizations, etc. Service usage constitutes a proxy for cost, as well as disease burden. Usage is best measured through the extraction of patient data using nationally accepted administrative codes in the United States such as the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) and Diagnostic-Related Groups (DRGs). Programs should identify and select only those codes that reflect the Program's IPE intervention.Healthcare Professional Satisfaction. The final component of the Quadruple Aim concerns improving the experience of providing care (healthcare professionals including provider, clinician and staff satisfaction). The National Center has adopted healthcare professional satisfaction, measured by site-specific determined standardized instruments, to be the current proxy.
Impact of overweight and obesity in postmenopausal women
Published in Climacteric, 2023
S. Martínez-Vázquez, A. Hernández-Martínez, R. A. Peinado-Molina, J. M. Martínez-Galiano
First, the women’s health-related quality of life was assessed using the 12-item short-form survey (SF-12) questionnaire [15]. The SF-12 questionnaire comprises 12 items on quality of life, including six items on physical functioning and six items on perceived mental health. The SF-12 version presents eight domains: physical functioning, physical role, body pain, general health, vitality, social functioning, emotional role and mental health. The total score of the SF-12 questionnaire is obtained from the sum of the two subscales, physical health and mental health, on a scale from 0 to 100, with a higher score indicating a better perceived health-related quality of life. The value 50 (standard deviation [SD] = 10) is the general population mean; values higher or lower than this are interpreted as better or worse quality of life, respectively.
Relationship between engagement in meaningful activities, self-efficacy, and quality of life in healthy young adults: An exploratory study
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2023
Dulce Romero-Ayuso, Alejandra Jara-Urzúa, Roger Ramírez-Ramírez, Araceli Ortiz-Rubio, Rafael Prieto-Moreno, José Matías Triviño-Juárez
It is a brief Health-Related Quality of Life questionnaire, which is made up of twelve items [23]. It allows knowing the degree of well-being and functional capacity. It can be applied from the age of 14. The SF-12 version 2 consists of four questions with dichotomous answers and eight questions with Likert-type answers. In the dichotomous questions, the person must indicate whether a situation is present in their case, for example in item 4, ‘During the past four weeks, have you had any of the following problems with your work or other regular daily activities as a result of your physical health?’, being the answer options ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Regarding the questions with Likert-type answers, the answer options vary between three to six, depending on the item. For example, in item 3, ‘Does your health now limit you in climbing several flights of stairs?’, the person is asked to select between three options: ‘Yes, limited a lot’; ‘Yes, limited a little’; or ‘No, not limited at all’. In item 11, ‘How much of the time during the past four weeks have you felt downhearted and blue?’, the answer options are six: ‘All of the time’; ‘Most of the time’; ‘A good bit of the time’; ‘Some of the time’; ‘A little of the time’; ‘None of the time’. The SF-12 score range from 0 to 100, with a higher score implying better health-related quality of life [23].
College extracurricular involvement as a suicide prevention and wellness promotion strategy: Exploring the roles of social support and meaning
Published in Journal of American College Health, 2023
Shannon Boone, Kaitlyn R. Schuler, Natasha Basu, Phillip N. Smith
The Short Form-12 (SF-12)37 assessed overall wellness. The SF-12 reflects eight sub-dimensions including general health, physical functioning, mental health, role physical, body pain, vitality, social functioning, and role emotional with higher scores indicating greater overall wellness. The SF-12 total score showed good internal consistency (ranging from α = 0.85 to 0.90) and validity across studies.38,39 To score the SF-12, responses indicating the poorest health were coded as 1; then, each consecutive response, indicating better health, gained one point. For example, item one, “In general would you say your health is:” was scored as 1 (poor), 2 (fair), 3 (good), 4 (very good), 5 (excellent); whereas item two, “Does your health limit you in moderate activities?” was scored as 1 (yes, limited a lot), 2 (yes, limited a little), 3 (no, not limited at all). All twelve coded items were summed to produce an overall total score of wellness, and scores range from 0 to 42. The SF-12 demonstrated good internal consistency in the current sample (α = .81).