Sickness Impact Profile

A quality-of-life scale developed in the United States in 1972 as a measure of health status or dysfunction generated by a disease. It is a behaviorally based questionnaire for patients and addresses activities such as sleep and rest, mobility, recreation, home management, emotional behavior, social interaction, and the like. It measures the patient's perceived health status and is sensitive enough to detect changes or differences in health status occurring over time or between groups. (From Medical Care, vol.xix, no.8, August 1981, p.787-805)

Year introduced: 1995

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Tree Number(s): E05.318.308.980.438.475.730, N05.715.360.300.800.438.375.730, N06.850.520.308.980.438.475.730

MeSH Unique ID: D018434

Entry Terms:

• Impact Profile, Sickness
• Impact Profiles, Sickness
• Profile, Sickness Impact
• Profiles, Sickness Impact
• Sickness Impact Profiles

Previous Indexing:

• Activities of Daily Living (1975-1994)
• Attitude to Health (1976-1994)
• Health Status Indicators (1976-1994)
• Quality of Life (1976-1994)

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Investigative Techniques
Epidemiologic Methods
Data Collection
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health Surveys
Health Status Indicators
Sickness Impact Profile

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Health Care Category
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Quality of Health Care
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Data Collection
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health Surveys
Health Status Indicators
Sickness Impact Profile

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Health Care Category
Environment and Public Health
Public Health
Epidemiologic Methods
Data Collection
Surveys and Questionnaires
Health Surveys
Health Status Indicators
Sickness Impact Profile