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Sickness Impact Profile

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Sickness Impact Profile
Medtalk An instrument used to evaluate perceived health status–quality of life and changes in functional status in Pts being treated for a potentially fatal condition. Cf Karnovsky scale, Oswestry low back pain disability questionnaire, QWB scale.


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7) The Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) is a measure of health status designed to be broadly applicable across varying types and severities of illness and across an array of demographic and cultural subgroups.
These include measures for general health, such as the Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) [15]; psychological indices, such as the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [16]; and the State-Trait Anxiety Index (STAI) [17].
Instruments to measure impairment or disability status included the OARS (vision and hearing impairment), Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE; Folstein, Folstein, & McHugh, 1975; cognitive impairment), and Sickness Impact Profile (SIP; Gilson et al.
 
 
 
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