We will measure illness burden using the validated Disease Burden Morbidity Assessment as this tool provides us with more sensitive and specific data than chart reviews [ 64].
The seventh part assessed disability burden using the Headache-Attributed Lost Time (HALT) index [12].
Quantitation of tumor metabolic burden using the MO-PET segmentation method shows very good assurance by its results for future clinical applications.
We investigated the urban migraine, tension type headache and cluster headache prevalence and burden using the second edition of the international headache diagnostic criteria (ICHD-II, 2004) [14] for the first time in Addis Ababa.
Baseline data acquisition included assessing demographic data, depression severity using the MADRS, and severity of medical burden using the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale (CIRS) modified for geriatric populations [30].
Primary outcome measure in informal carers is carer burden using the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) [ 41].
23, 24 We also assessed caregiver burden using the Chinese version of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI).
Two hospital surveys were undertaken to identify burden using the Sheffield Profile for Assessment and Referral to Care (SPARC).
The revised version has maintained assessment of tumour burden using the sum of the diameters and continues to use uni-dimensional measurements.
