Patient recording of medically relevant data.
Procedures for augmenting subjective, anecdotal self-reports by outpatients with reliable, objective symptomatic data are discussed. The collection of rate data by patients in nonclinical settings is advocated as a source of relevant information for physicians and other health-care professionals. Methodological and training concerns are discussed. A case study illustrates the procedure.
D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010045:Outpatients; D010361:Patients; D012648:Self Care