Preferred Label : howRu panel:-:Pt: Patient:-:R-Outcomes;
LOINC status : ACTIVE;
LOINC long common name : howRu;
LOINC description : howRu is a generic patient-reported outcomes instrument, designed to meet these requirements,
and answer the central question: ³How are you today?² It has four dimensions, which
reflect the presence or absence of what matters most to patients, in addition to survival:
- Symptoms such as pain - includes discomfort such as breathlessness or nausea - Feeling
low or worried - includes anxiety, depression and fatigue. - Limits to what you can
do - includes physical incapacity, loss of memory, sight or hearing. - Dependence
on others - reliance on other people or equipment. For each dimension, the patient
picks one of four levels, indicated using a traffic-light metaphor with labels, colour,
position and images. The four dimensions and four levels give 256 (44) different permutations,
each of which represents a different health state. For data storage and analysis,
each level is recorded on a 0-3 ordinal scale, with none 3, slight 2 quite a lot
1, and extreme 0. Higher score means better health. A simple aggregate howRU score
is calculated by adding the scores for each dimension, giving a range from 12 (4 x
none, ceiling) to 0 (4 x extreme, floor).;
Origin ID : 55744-7;
UMLS CUI : C2708996;
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