Functional status measurement in primary care : [meeting in Calgary, Canada October 24-28, 1988

The assessment of outcomes of medical interventions is a central concern of patients, physicians, nurses, and of individuals, groups and government agencies who pay for medical care. Outcome assessments are incomplete without measurements of functional status. **Functional Status** **Measurement in Primary Care** provides an indepth discussion of psychometric issues as applied to functional status assessment and details the practical experience of Family Physicians/General Practitioners in several countries with functional status measurements in their patient populations. International experience with the use of the Darthmouth COOP Charts is described along with their practical application in the daily practice of physicians and nurses of ambulatory patients. Front Matter....Pages i-xxvii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Psychometric Considerations in Functional Status Instruments....Pages 3-26 The Development of a New Measuring Instrument....Pages 27-42 Front Matter....Pages 43-43 The Use of Functional Status Assessment Within the Framework of the International Classification of Primary Care....Pages 45-56 The History of Health Status Assessment from the Point of View of the General Practitioner....Pages 57-65 Disease-Specific Functional Status Assessment....Pages 66-71 Functional Status Assessment in Relation to Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine....Pages 72-78 A Clinical Measure for Evaluating Patient Functioning in Diabetics....Pages 79-93 Front Matter....Pages 95-95 The COOP Function Charts: A System to Measure Patient Function in Physicians’ Offices....Pages 97-131 Studies with the Dartmouth COOP Charts in General Practice: Comparison with the Nottingham Health Profile and the General Health Questionnaire....Pages 132-149 Assessing Function: Does It Really Make a Difference? A Preliminary Evaluation of the Acceptability and Utility of the COOP Function Charts....Pages 150-165 Use of the Dartmouth COOP Charts in a Calgary Practice....Pages 166-180 A Trial of the Dartmouth, COOP Charts in Japan....Pages 181-187 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Results of Studies of the Auckland Health Status Survey....Pages 191-212 Functional Status Assessment in the Elderly....Pages 213-221 Studies Using the Nottingham Health Profile in General Practice....Pages 222-231 Position Paper on the Assessment of Functional Status in Primary Care in a Developing Country—Pakistan....Pages 232-235 Use of a Functional Status Instrument in the Danish Health Study....Pages 236-262 Back Matter....Pages 263-267 Foreword By Sheldon Greenfield ; With Contributions By M. Baker ... [et Al.]. At Head Of Title: Wonca Classification Committee. Papers Delivered At A Meeting In Calgary Canada, Oct. 24-28, 1988, Sponsored By Wonca, Etc. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.