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Primary outcomes
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Primary activities of daily living
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Typically limited to functional ability and personal care (e.g. feeding, bathing and dressing measures) |
Barthel index or alternative global dependency scale |
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Extended activities of daily living
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Encompasses more complex tasks necessary for community and domestic participation (e.g. shopping, cooking and transportation use) |
Frenchay Activities Index, Nottingham Extended ADL, Lawton Independent ADL scale, other unspecified EXTENDED ADL scales |
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Self-efficacy
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The confidence that an individual has in their own ability to perform a specific task or behaviour |
Recovery efficacy (REFFI), Self-efficacy to perform, Self-efficacy scale |
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Community reintegration
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The ability of individuals to reintegrate into their society, including participation in leisure or social activities or work, where relevant |
Patient Personal Adjustment and Role Skills measure, Nottingham Leisure Questionnaire, London Handicap Scale, activity limitation |
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Quality of life
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Quality of life or subjective health status |
Dartmouth Coop Chart, Nottingham Health Profile, the Sickness Index Profile |
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Secondary outcomes
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Cognitive function
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Functioning in cognitive areas including problem solving, attention, memory, orientation and executive function |
CFQ64 cognitive failures in daily life, category test for problem solving, various (unspecified) measures |
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Mood
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Anxiety, depression or general mood |
Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, General Health Questionnaire |
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Service use
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Use of health care services |
Hospital admissions, service contacts or health professional contacts, cost to health and social services |
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Compliance
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Modification of health behaviours, risk reduction and performance of required tasks |
Millers health behaviour scale |
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Poor outcome(s) or death
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Deterioration in ADL, a label of dependency (above or below a defined cut-off point on an ADL scale), requiring institutional care or death |
ADL measures as above, dichotomous institutional care measure, or death |
