Clinical Outcomes

Assess whether patients’ health improvements meet the intentions of the DHIs. It refers to what medical condition the patient is in and aims to maintain.

What does patient outcomes mean?

Studies used a variety of quantitative and qualitative factors and variables to measure and describe patient outcomes, referring to five themes (emotional outcomes, perceptual outcomes, capability outcomes, behavioral outcomes, and clinical outcomes), and twelve subthemes.

Health conditions

Indicators

  • Level of pain and symptoms control

  • Status of physical health

  • Level of health or treatment-related anxiety, depression, and stress

  • Mortality rates

  • Morbidity rates

  • Adverse effects