Outcome measures

Measures of health status and healthcare outcomes are tools to assess a person’s current or future health status and demonstrate the effectiveness of treatment.

Below you can access measures used by clinicians on the TAC Clinical Panel. The list is not exhaustive but includes measures that are particularly useful in clinical practice. Using the links provided, you can download and print the measure, or complete and score it online. All measures are free to use.

Please select an outcome measure wherever possible that has been validated for the specific situation you will use it for. Information has been provided to guide you. In particular, try and align the outcome measure to the goals of your intervention.

For terms you may be unfamiliar with, see Definitions.

Measuring and demonstrating the effectiveness of treatment is the first principle of the Clinical Framework for the Delivery of Health Services, an excellent companion to these tools.