CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
In April 2016, CCGI Opinion Leaders were joined by a new team of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators. These are influential evidence-informed clinicians recently nominated by their colleagues in a nationwide survey. They are assisting Opinion Leaders in their area with reaching out to other chiropractors and teaching them about critical thinking, proper interpretation of evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines, and evidence-informed practice in general.
CCGI is delighted to have them on board and looks forward to collaborating with them to take the best practices forward in Canada.
Roles and Activities of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
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understanding how clinical practice guidelines are developed;
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discussing best practices and guidelines with colleagues;
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having a presence on social media to raise awareness of resources on evidence-informed practice;
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encouraging clinicians and patients to use the CCGI website and resources;
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making presentations on evidence-informed practice at continuing education events and conferences in collaboration with their local opinion leaders team.
In April 2016, CCGI Opinion Leaders were joined by a new team of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators. These are influential evidence-informed clinicians recently nominated by their colleagues in a nationwide survey. They are assisting Opinion Leaders in their area with reaching out to other chiropractors and teaching them about critical thinking, proper interpretation of evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines, and evidence-informed practice in general.
CCGI is delighted to have them on board and looks forward to collaborating with them to take the best practices forward in Canada.
Roles and Activities of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
-
understanding how clinical practice guidelines are developed;
-
discussing best practices and guidelines with colleagues;
-
having a presence on social media to raise awareness of resources on evidence-informed practice;
-
encouraging clinicians and patients to use the CCGI website and resources;
-
making presentations on evidence-informed practice at continuing education events and conferences in collaboration with their local opinion leaders team.
In April 2016, CCGI Opinion Leaders were joined by a new team of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators. These are influential evidence-informed clinicians recently nominated by their colleagues in a nationwide survey. They are assisting Opinion Leaders in their area with reaching out to other chiropractors and teaching them about critical thinking, proper interpretation of evidence-informed clinical practice guidelines, and evidence-informed practice in general.
CCGI is delighted to have them on board and looks forward to collaborating with them to take the best practices forward in Canada.
Roles and Activities of CCGI Best Practice Collaborators
-
understanding how clinical practice guidelines are developed;
-
discussing best practices and guidelines with colleagues;
-
having a presence on social media to raise awareness of resources on evidence-informed practice;
-
encouraging clinicians and patients to use the CCGI website and resources;
-
making presentations on evidence-informed practice at continuing education events and conferences in collaboration with their local opinion leaders team.
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Are you interested in getting involved with CCGI?
We are always looking to get people involved in our projects. No experience necessary - we provide training!
Contact us today!
Outcome Measurements
Clinicians should use one or more validated questionnaires to assess patients. These can be specific to the clinical condition or generic. We will continue to update this list. We provide the full questionnaires if permitted. Visit our Guideline Summaries or Care Pathways to learn when some of these measures can be incorporated.
Arthritis
Purpose: Measures global health, pain, mobility and social function in patients with arthritis
Estimated time to complete: 20 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Health status measure used in assessing pain, stiffness, and function in patients with osteoarthritis if the hip or knee. This tool has also been used to assess back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and fibromyalgia
Estimated time to complete: 12 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescent 13-17 years
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Varies depending on research study
Balance
Purpose: Modified version of the Berg Balance Scale used to assess functional balance skills in school-aged children.
Estimated time to complete: Less than 20 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Child 2-12
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Adolescent 13-17
Cost: Free
Purpose: Clinical test of a person's static balance and dynamic balance abilities. For functional balance tests, this test is generally considered the gold standard
Estimated time to complete: 15-20 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Concussion
Purpose: Measures the severity of symptoms following a concussion or other form of traumatic brain injury
Estimated time to complete: Less than 3 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Evaluates all signs and symptoms, ranking each on a scale of 0-6.
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescent 13-17
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Adult 18-64
Cost: Free
Purpose: Records concussion symptom severity using a 7-point Likert scale
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescents 13-17
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Adults 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Purpose: Records concussion symptom severity using a 7-point Likert scale
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescents 13-17
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Adults 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Purpose: Lists health behaviours currently practiced and health behaviour goals to work toward
Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescents 13-17
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Adults 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Disability
Purpose: Measures patient's disavbility experienced due to their health condition
Estimated time to complete: 10-15 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Generic
Purpose: Used to measure patient recovery.
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assesses functional ability to complete specific activities
Estimated time to complete: Less than 4 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Purpose: Patient-centered outcome scale where patients are asked to nominate one or two symptoms (physical or mental) of a specific problem they need assistance with and consider the severity of these symptoms over the last week
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Patient-centered outcome scale where patients are asked to nominate one or two symptoms (physical or mental) of a specific problem they need assistance with and consider the severity of these symptoms over the last week (follow up to previous questionnaire)
Estimated time to complete: Less than 3 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Headache
Purpose: Measures the impact headaches have on quality of life. Measures the level of pain and disability caused by headaches.
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Identifies difficulties patients may experience as a result of headaches
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Measures the impact headaches have on the ability to function on the job, at school, at home and in social situations
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Low Back Pain
Purpose: Measures disability in patients with low back pain
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescent 13-17 years
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assess symptoms and severity of low back pain in terms of disablement and the degree to which back or leg pain impacts functional activities
Estimated time to complete: 3.5-6 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Quantify symptom severity, physical function, and satisfaction with care in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis
Estimated time to complete: 5-6 min
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Lower Extremity
Purpose: Assesses pain, stiffness, and function in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. The WOMAC has also been used to assess back pain, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and fibromyalgia
Estimated time to complete: 12 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescent 13-17 years
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: $$ - varies depending on research study
Purpose: Evaluate the impairment of a patient with lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions or disorders. Can be used clinically to measure the patients' initial function, ongoing progress, and outcome as well as to set functional goals
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Mental Health
Purpose: Assess the presence and intensity of depressive symptoms
Estimated time to complete: 1-3 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adolescents 13-17 years
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Screening tool and symptom severity measure for the four most common anxiety disorders (Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Phobia and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder)
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assess descriptively how a patient is feeling most of the time, sometimes, or not at all in the past two weeks
Estimated time to complete: varying
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Children and adolescents
Cost: Free
Neck Pain
Purpose: Used to determine how neck pain affects a patient's daily life and to assess the self-rated disability of patients with neck pain
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Pain
Purpose: Measures the subjective intensity of pain
Estimated time to complete: Less than 3 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Measures the subjective intensity of pain
Estimated time to complete: Less than 3 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Psychosocial
Purpose: Assesses a patient's perception of their recovery
Estimated time to complete: 1 minute
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assesses how fear-avoidance beliefs about physical activity and work affect and contribute to their low back pain and disability
Estimated time to complete: 5-10 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assesses the extent of catastrophic cognitions due to low back pain
Estimated time to complete: 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Measures the subjective intensity of pain
Estimated time to complete: 10 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Identifies prognostic indicators relevant to practitioner decision-making concerning initial treatment options in primary care
Estimated time to complete: 5-10 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Quality of Life (Health-Related)
Purpose: Assess general domains of health and functioning including overall physical health, mental health, social health, pain, fatigue, and overall perceived quality of life
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Can be used to monitor patient's health status over time
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: $$ - survey licence request required
Purpose: Captures practical, reliable and valid information about functional health and well-being from the patient's point of view
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: $$ - survey license request required
Sleep
Purpose: Subjective measure of the quality and patterns of sleep in the older adult
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Clinical interview guide for sleep problems following a head injury in adult patients
Assessment Type: Interview
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
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Elderly Adult 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Track sleep allowing to see habits and trends that are helping sleep or that can be improved
Purpose: Brief instrument to assess the severity of both nighttime and daytime components of insomnia
Purpose: Brief questionnaire to be used to screen for a sleep disorder.
Social Determinants of Health
Purpose: Empower and educate health workers on how to address the social causes of poor health
Assessment Type: Toolkit
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Upper Extremity
Purpose: Measures overall function using subjective and objective measurements of the shoulder based on pain, range of motion, strength, ability to perform activities of daily living, and function
Estimated time to complete: 5-7 minutes
Assessment Type: Subjective and objective measures
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years, 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Evaluate disorders and measure disability of the upper extremities, and monitor change in function over time
Estimated time to complete: 5-30 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Purpose: Evaluate difficulty with arm in the past week
Estimated time to complete: Less than 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years, 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Evaluate ability to complete specific activities
Estimated time to complete: Less than 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assess pain and disability related to shoulder problems
Estimated time to complete: 5-10 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years, 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assess functional disability of the shoulder
Estimated time to complete: Less than 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years, 65+
Cost: Free
Purpose: Assess functional difficulties due to upper limb problem
Estimated time to complete: Less than 5 minutes
Assessment Type: Patient-reported outcomes
Age ranges:
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Adult 18-64 years, 65+
Cost: Free