Outcome measures Rough Conceptual Draft 1.1 September 23, 2001 - incomplete
To measure the validity of CAM related curricular changes; several outcome measures will be used. These indicators will be chosen to be socially relevant, economically important and will be linked to constructs linked to significant curricular innovations. Social relevance in this context is related to both prevalence and seriousness of the disease. Economic importance, while related to social relevance, will be differentiated into cost of innovative treatments, costs to the US work force in terms sick time, disability and insurance payments.
Three initial indicators for consideration are cardiovascular disease, depression and back pain.
|
Disease |
Primary Measure (s) |
Social impact (details to follow) |
Economic impact (details to follow) |
Curricular innovation (s) |
Cost of implementation |
|
Cardiovascular disease |
Blood pressure Heart rate ECG |
H |
Insurance costs Disability costs Sick time |
Stress management Nutrition Exercise Herbology Spirituality |
L M L M |
|
Depression |
Psychometric measure (i.e. beck depression inventory) Sleep Mood tracking others |
H |
Insurance costs Disability costs Sick time |
Stress management Cognitive science Herbology Homeopathy Nutrition Spirituality |
L M M M M |
|
Low back pain |
Frequency of occurrence Mobility others |
H |
Insurance costs Disability costs Sick time |
Stress management Energy medicine ( i.e. acupuncture) Subluxation management Nutrition |
L M
M
M |
|
Others TBD |