HealthMeasures

Overview

From 2014-2019, four patient-centered measurement systems, developed and validated with support from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) were brought together and made available to the public as a single resource. The resource, known as HealthMeasures, was funded by a trans-NIH cooperative agreement (U2CCA186878) supported by 14 NIH Institutes and Centers and made available at www.healthmeasures.net.

HealthMeasures remains an online resource that provides access to the following comprehensive measurement systems:

• NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function^®: Stand-alone performance and self/parent report measures and domain level batteries measuring cognitive, motor, sensory, and emotional functioning from ages 3-85.
• PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System^®: Self and proxy reports of multiple domains of physical, mental and social health for children ages 5-17 and adults of all ages.
• Neuro-QoL: The Neurology Quality of Life Measurement System: PROMIS-compatible self-report measures of health domains relevant across neurological conditions for children ages 8-17 and adults of all ages.
• ASCQ-Me: Adult Sickle Cell Quality of Life Measurement System®: PROMIS-compatible self-report measures of health domains relevant to adults with sickle cell disease.

Background

The HealthMeasures resource provides state-of-the-science assessment of physical, mental, and social health, as well as performance measures of cognition, motor and sensory function, for use across a range of chronic diseases as well as the general population. These measures provide clinicians, researchers, healthcare administrators and policymakers with efficient, precise, valid and responsive measures of symptoms, functional abilities and general health perceptions surrounding life quality and satisfaction.

Access & Availability

To access HealthMeasures, visit www.healthmeasures.net. The HealthMeasures site includes introductory slides along with information on assessment delivery systems that include the measures.

All HealthMeasures content for self-reported measures, including questions, scoring information, and interpretation guides, is publicly available free of charge. In order to sustain the HealthMeasures resource, Northwestern University has developed a cost-recovery structure for certain applications and consulting services. More information is available on the HealthMeasures website.

Although the measures in the HealthMeasures resource were developed and initially validated in English and Spanish within the U.S., they are increasingly being used around the world. Some measures have been translated into more than 40 languages and are being deployed in over 50 different countries.

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