Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index
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Glossary
HDI ▶ Human Development Index
Health Definition The subjective degree of wellness and more objectively, the optimal physical and emotional function experienced by a single individual or a group of individuals.
Health Assessment Questionnaire Definition Health Assessment Questionnaire is a form that is used to assess the level of disability. It documents the degree of difficulty a person may have in carrying out the common activities of daily living.
Health Assessment Questionnaire Disability Index Definition The HAQ-DI was developed for measuring the difficulties adults with RA have in performing activities of daily living. It contains 20 questions grouped into 8 components of daily function. Each response is scored on a four-point scale of ability, ranging from 0 (no difficulty) to 3 (unable to perform). The highest score of each component is added together and divided by 8 to provide a continuous score of 0–3. The higher the mean HAQ-DI score is, the more disability the patients have.
Health Attribute Synonyms Health dimension; Health Domain
Definition A Health Attribute is one component of a complete health state, representing one selected area of functioning that usually ranges from normal to severely limited. For example, vision, hearing, mobility, and emotion are all single health attributes, and when combined, form a multiattribute health state.
Health Expectancy Definition Generic term for summary measures of population health which estimate the expectation of years of life lived in various health states.
Health Gap Measures Definition These metrics measure the difference between a current situation and an ideal situation where everyone in the population lives up to the age of the standard life expectancy in perfect health.
Health Inequalities Definition An area of increasing concern to those promoting both physical and psychological health of vulnerable groups in society. Health Inequalities describes the association of relatively poor biopsychosocial circumstances on poorer health outcomes.
Health Outcome Definition The measure of health used to express benefits of interventions. Commonly used Health Outcomes in economic evaluation include
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