Table 1 Definitions and instruments of the health status sub-domains measured by the Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument
From: The health status of Q-fever patients after long-term follow-up
Domain | Sub-domain | Definition | Instruments |
|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | Subjective symptoms | The patient's overall burden of pulmonary symptoms | PARS-D Global Dyspnea Activity, Global Dyspnea Burden (15) |
Dyspnoea emotions | The level of frustration and anxiety a person experiences when dyspnoeic | DEQ Frustration, Anxiety (15) | |
Fatigue | The level of experienced fatigue | CIS Subjective fatigue (16) | |
Functional impairment | Behavioural impairment | The extent to which a person cannot perform specific and concrete activities as a result of having the disease | SIP Home Management, Ambulation (17) |
Subjective impairment | The experienced degree of impairment in general and in social functioning | QoLRiQ General Activities (18) | |
Quality of Life | General Quality of Life | Mood and the satisfaction of a person with his/her life as a whole | BDI Primary Care (19) Satisfaction With Life Scale (20) |
Health-related Quality of Life | Satisfaction related to physiological functioning and the future | Satisfaction Physiological Functioning, Satisfaction Future (15) | |
Satisfaction relations | Satisfaction with the (absent) relationships with spouse and others | Satisfaction spouse, Satisfaction social (15) |