By contrast, patient questionnaires designed for standard care, such as a simple one-page, multi-dimensional health assessment questionnaire (MDHAQ), are short, save time, are easily scored, and are useful in all rheumatic diseases to monitor patient status at each visit and document changes over long periods.
To organize this information, we are creating an infrastructure that can process multi-dimensional health data – much of which have never been combined for an individual.
Information on distress and multi-dimensional health locus of control had been collected using other instruments.
The baseline assessment protocol entails a detailed multi-dimensional health assessment by means of: a).
The EQ-5D is a standardized multi-dimensional health state classification system.
The assessment protocol entails a detailed multi-dimensional health assessment together with review of general practice medical records.
Furthermore, we examined the correlation between the multi-dimensional health assessment questionnaire (MD-HAQ) [ 11] physical function scores and CIRAS.
TOMBOLA recruits also completed the Multi-dimensional Health Locus of Control Scale (MHLCS), an instrument which locates subjects' perceived source of control over their own health [ 28].
Preference-based measures, such as the EQ-5D [ 3, 4], the SF-6D [ 5] and the HUI [ 6], are standardized multi-dimensional health state classifications [ 7].
At present, the primary evaluation question being asked is, in essence: Can multi-dimensional health system strengthening initiatives offer health gain?
The baseline assessment protocol entails a detailed multi-dimensional health assessment by means of: a) Physical Function, Strength and Balance: Physical autonomy will be measured using a physical and instrumental ADL scale [ 31].
