The Practice and Science of Outcomes Research
Discussions of this important field of health services research…
Graphical Tracking of Patient Outcomes With the KCCQ, SAQ, and PAQ Calculators
Monitoring serial changes in health status is one of the principal clinical uses of the Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire, the Seattle Angina Questionnaire, and the Peripheral Artery Questionnaire. Such changes can be difficult to perceive in tables of numeric data, but they become obvious when graphed. To facilitate review of individual patient trends at the point of care, we have added graphing capabilities to the our calculation tools — the KCCQ Calculator, the SAQ Calculator, and the PAQ Calculator. Here is information about how this works.