Outcome measures in child health.

Child outcome measures in the study of child care quality.

This article assesses whether there are methodological problems with child outcome measures that may contribute to the small associations between child care quality and child outcomes found in the literature. Outcome measures used in 65 studies of child care quality published between 1979 and December 2005 were examined, taking the previous review by Vandell and Wolfe (2000) as the starting poi...

Are routine outcome measures feasible in mental health?

Can mental health outcome measures be developed which meet the following three criteria: (1) standardised, (2) acceptable to clinicians, and (3) feasible for ongoing routine use? We shall argue that the answers at present are “yes”, “perhaps”, and “not known”, respectively. Standardised ratings of outcomes of interest to patients and clinicians which go beyond symptom severity have been availab...

Preference-based health outcome measures in low back pain.

Preference-based health outcome measures were considered in two settings. In the clinical context, utility assessment using the VAS, TTO or SG was described. It is recognized that formal utility assessment is generally not needed in day-to-day clinical practice. When the need to explicitly value alternative health outcomes arises, the VAS is recommended because of its ease of implementation. In...

The use of routine outcome measures in two child and adolescent mental health services: a completed audit cycle

BACKGROUND Routine outcome measurement (ROM) is important for assessing the clinical effectiveness of health services and for monitoring patient outcomes. Within Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK the adoption of ROM in CAMHS has been supported by both national and local initiatives (such as government strategies, local commissioning policy, and research). METHODS W...

Assessing Child Nutrition: Problems with Anthropometric Measures as a Proxy for Child Health in Malnourished Populations