Health State Descriptions for Canadians
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Classification and Measurement System of Functional Health (CLAMES)
Core attributes
Pain or discomfort (PD)
- Generally free of pain and discomfort
- Mild pain or discomfort
- Moderate pain or discomfort
- Severe pain or discomfort
Physical functioning (PF)
- Generally no limitations in physical functioning
- Mild limitations in physical functioning
- Moderate limitations in physical functioning
- Severe limitations in physical functioning
Emotional state (ES)
- Happy and interested in life
- Somewhat happy
- Somewhat unhappy
- Very unhappy
- So unhappy that life is not worthwhile
Fatigue (FA)
- Generally no feelings of tiredness, no lack of energy
- Sometimes feel tired, and have little energy
- Most of the time feel tired, and have little energy
- Always feel tired, and have no energy
Memory and thinking (MT)
- Able to remember most things, think clearly and solve day-to-day problems
- Able to remember most things but have some difficulty when trying
to think and solve day-to-day problems
- Somewhat forgetful, but able to think clearly and solve day-to-day
problems
- Somewhat forgetful, and have some difficulty when trying to think
or solve day-to-day problems
- Very forgetful, and have great difficulty when trying to think or
solve day-to-day problems
Social relationships (SR)
- No limitations in the capacity to sustain social relationships
- Mild limitations in the capacity to sustain social relationships
- Moderate limitations in the capacity to sustain social relationships
- Severe limitations in the capacity to sustain social relationships
- No capacity or unable to relate to other people socially
Supplementary attributes
Anxiety (AN)
- Generally not anxious
- Mild levels of anxiety experienced occasionally
- Moderate levels of anxiety experienced regularly
- Severe levels of anxiety experienced most of the time
Speech (SP)
- Able to be understood completely when speaking with strangers or friends
- Able to be understood partially when speaking with strangers but
able to be understood completely when speaking with people who know
you well
- Able to be understood partially when speaking with strangers and
people who know you well
- Unable to be understood when speaking to other people
Hearing (HE)
- Able to hear what is said in a group conversation, without a hearing
aid, with at least 3 other people
- Able to hear what is said in a conversation with 1 other person in
a quiet room, with or without a hearing aid, but require a hearing aid
to hear what is said in a group conversation with at least 3 other people
- Able to hear what is said in a conversation with 1 other person in
a quiet room, with or without a hearing aid, but unable to hear what
is said in a group conversation with at least 3 other people
- Unable to hear what others say, even with a hearing aid
Vision (VI)
- Able to see well enough, with or without glasses or contact lenses,
to read ordinary newsprint and recognize a friend on the other side
of the street
- Unable to see well enough, even with glasses or contact lenses, to
recognize a friend on the other side of the street but can see well
enough to read ordinary newsprint
- Unable to see well enough, even with glasses or contact lenses, to
read ordinary newsprint but can see well enough to recognize a friend
on the other side of the street
- Unable to see well enough, even with glasses or contact lenses, to
read ordinary newsprint or to recognize a friend on the other side of
the street
Use of hands and fingers (HF)
- No limitations in the use of hands and fingers
- Limitations in the use of hands and fingers, but do not require special
tools or the help of another person
- Limitations in the use of hands and fingers, independent with special
tools and do not require the help of another person
- Limitations in the use of hands and fingers, require the help of
another person for some tasks
- Limitations in the use of hands and fingers, require the help of
another person for most tasks
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