Overall Adult Health

The standard set

The ICHOM Standard Set for Overall Adult Health, is the result of hard work by a group of leading physicians, measurement experts, and patient advisors. It represents the outcomes that matter most to adults who have Good health/No disease, Well controlled disease and Poorly controlled disease . We urge all providers around the world to start measuring these outcomes to better understand how to improve the lives of their service users.

Defined by Self-reported Health Status
Defined by Physical Health/Well-being/Physical Functioning
Defined by Functional Health Status/Disability/Autonomy/Dependence/Activities of Daily Living
Defined by Role/(Psycho) Social Functioning
Defined by Interpersonal Functioning
Defined by Work Related Functioning/Limitations
Tracked via the PROMIS Scale v1.2- Global Health
Tracked via the WHO (Five) Wellbeing Index (WHO5)
Tracked via the WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHO-DAS 12)
Outcomes will not have an individual score

ICHOM Standard Sets Overall Adult Health Outcomes Wheel

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STANDARD SET MATERIALS

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Available materials:

Flyer – a brief overview of the most important outcomes for patients relating to this ICHOM Standard Set.
Reference Guide – a complete overview of the ICHOM Standard Set, including definitions for each measure and selected PROM instruments, time points for collection, and associated risk factors.
Data Dictionary – an index of the outcomes and case-mix variables included in the standard set, how to code them, and the information you need to collect when implementing the outcomes in practice.
Press Release
Published Articles
Additional materials

ICHOM Connect

Team that developed this standard

ICHOM Standard Sets Overall Adult Health Working Group Members

Project team

Australia

Catherine Katz | Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care
Jo Lunn | We Help Ourselves (WHOS)
Mel Tinsley | Agency for Clinical Innovation
Serena Joyner* | Health Consumers NSW

Belgium

Kaisa Immonen*

Brazil

Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Canada

Carolyn Canfield*

France

Michael van de Berg | OECD

Hong Kong

Cindy Lam | University of Hong Kong

Israel

Eyal Zimlichman | Sheba Medical Center

Netherlands

Jan Hazelzet | Erasmus University Medical Center

Spain

Jordi Alonso | IMIM Hospital del Mar Research Institute; CIBERESP

Sweden

John Chaplin | Gothenberg University

United Kingdom

Alastair Roeves | Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Bae Abertawe Swansea Bay University Health Board
Fiona McKenzie*

United States

Uruguay

Juan Dapueto | Universidad de la Republica
*Patient advisor

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Overall Adult Health

The standard set

STANDARD SET MATERIALS