Prison dischargee—self-assessed mental health status, general level of health code N
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Metadata item type: | Data Element |
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| Short name: | Self-assessed mental health status |
| METEOR identifier: | 625897 |
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| Definition: | The prison dischargee's assessment of their own level of mental health, as represented by a code. |
| Data Element Concept: | Prison dischargee—self-assessed mental health status |
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| Representation class: | Code | ||||||||||||
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| Data type: | Number | ||||||||||||
| Format: | N | ||||||||||||
| Maximum character length: | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | For use in Prisoner health data collections. If this value domain is used with other metadata then 'Unknown' would map to code 8. | ||||||||||||
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| Guide for use: | Self-assessed health status is a commonly used measure of overall health. While it may not always be equivalent to health status as measured by a medical professional, it does reflect a person's perception of his or her own health at a given point in time. Therefore, it is a useful measure of a person's current health status, as well as providing a broad picture of a population's overall health. | ||||||||||||
| Collection methods: | This standard question was developed by Picker Institute Europe and selected for use by the Patient Experience Information Development Working Group (PEIDWG) as part of the national set of core, common patient experience questions (CATI version) designed to be used for hospital patients. The question relating to this data element is as follows: STD-3: In general, would you say your health is?
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| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare | ||||||||||||
| Origin: | RAND Health 2009. 36-Item Short Form Survey from the RAND Medical Outcomes Study (SF-36). RAND Health, Santa Monica, CA. Viewed 1 April 2014,http://www.rand.org/health/surveys_tools/mos/ | ||||||||||||
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| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Prison dischargee—self-assessed mental health, self-assessed general level of health code N
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| Implementation in Data Set Specifications: All attributes + |
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