Enhancing self-management of multiple conditions in primary care

1.The Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) is a client-centered outcome measure designed for use by occupational therapists to detect change in a client's self-perception of occupational performance over time. The COPM is a standardsed instrument administered in a semi-structured interview format at the beginning and end of OT intervention. Areas assessed using the COPM include the client’s most important problems in occupational performance, perceptions of their performance in these activities and their level of satisfaction with their performance.
2. The Frenchay Activities Index (FAI) is a self report questionnaire designed to measure participation in social and instrumental activities of daily living. It measures how often the person has engaged in these activities (in the past 3 or 6 months depending on the nature of the activity). The measure contains 15 items divided into three sub scales (domestic chores, leisure work and outdoor activities) with five items in each.
3. The Nottingham Extended Activity of Daily Living Scale (NEADL) is a self-report scale measuring performance of activities of daily living, comprised of 22 items divided into four sections mobility, kitchen, domestic and leisure. Each item is given one of four responses (able, able with difficulty, able with help, unable)
4. Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale is a reliable and valid self-assessment scale used to detect and indicate the severity of anxiety and depression in a hospital medical outpatient setting and was utilised in the previous research study. It consists of two subscales, anxiety (HADS-A) and depression (HADS-D) with seven items in each.
5. Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale (6-item) measures study participants’ confidence levels in managing various elements of their chronic diseases such as exercise, social activities, household tasks, medication management and symptom management.
6. EQ-5D (Euroqol) is a valid and reliable self report questionnaire which measures current health related quality of life. The EQ-5D is a self report questionnaire for describing and valuing health-related quality of life (Aggarwal, 2009). It is a two-part measure consisting of a self-reported description (EQ-5D) and a self-rated valuation (EQ-VAS). The self reported description (EQ-5D) comprises five questions on mobility, self care, pain, usual activities, and anxiety/depression. The self rated valuation uses a vertical visual analogue scale (EQ-VAS) in which respondents rate their health today.

No secondary outcome measures