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Quality of life – person’s general wellbeing or the degree to which they are healthy, comfortable and able to enjoy the activities of daily living. It includes physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects.

Quality of life – person’s general wellbeing or the degree to which they are healthy, comfortable and able to enjoy the activities of daily living. It includes physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects.

Quality of life – person’s general wellbeing or the degree to which they are healthy, comfortable and able to enjoy the activities of daily living. It includes physical, psychological, social and environmental aspects.

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Caregivers – people who regularly look after someone with lived experience of a health condition, whether formal/paid workers or informal/unpaid family members or volunteers.

Professional – someone who formally treats or cares for people with a health or health-related condition, e.g. clinicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, psychologists, social workers and educators.

Caregivers – people who regularly look after someone with lived experience of a health condition, whether formal/paid workers or informal/unpaid family members or volunteers.

Caregivers – people who regularly look after someone with lived experience of a health condition, whether formal/paid workers or informal/unpaid family members or volunteers.

Caregivers – people who regularly look after someone with lived experience of a health condition, whether formal/paid workers or informal/unpaid family members or volunteers.

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Multi-morbidity – presence of two or more long-term health conditions in a person. For more information see the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Complication – additional medical problem that makes an existing condition more dangerous or difficult to treat.

Self-management – approaches which aim to empower people with long-term conditions to take control of their treatment and care. For more information see the Patients Association.

Multi-morbidity – presence of two or more long-term health conditions in a person. For more information see the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

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Screening – way of finding out if members of the public have a higher chance of having a health problem, so that early treatment can be offered or information given to help them make informed decisions (from NHS website).

Non-invasive techniques – medical tests or procedures which do not cut the skin or enter the body.

Imaging techniques – ways of seeing inside the human body, often used to diagnose a condition. Examples include X-rays, ultrasound scans, MRI scans and CT scans.

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Rehabilitation – programmes or treatments aimed at restoring health or reducing disability.

Subgroups – in our tool this means people with certain demographic characteristics (e.g. a specific age or gender) or clinical characteristics (e.g. people with cardiovascular disease or frailty).

Complication – additional medical problem that makes an existing condition more dangerous or difficult to treat.

Multi-morbidity – presence of two or more long-term health conditions in a person. For more information see the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).

Self-management – approaches which aim to empower people with long-term conditions to take control of their treatment and care. For more information see the Patients Association.

Intervention – something that aims to make a change and is tested through research. For example, giving a drug, providing a counselling service, improving the environment or giving people information and training are all described as interventions. (from Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre).

Co-morbidity – health condition that occurs at the same time or directly after another health condition. They are often chronic (long-term) such as diabetes and high blood pressure.

Cellular and gene therapies – treatments that involve transferring intact, live cells or genetic material (DNA) into a patient’s system to help lessen or cure a disease. For more information see the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.

Management strategy – overall approach or combination of treatments used by a care professional to manage a person’s condition.

Cost-effectiveness – extent to which something is cost-effective i.e. provides good value or benefit for the amount paid.

Pharmaceuticals – drugs used in healthcare. They include small molecules, vaccines, antibodies and hormones.

Intervention – something that aims to make a change and is tested through research. For example, giving a drug, providing a counselling service, improving the environment or giving people information and training are all described as interventions. (from Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre)

Frailty – condition of being physically weak and not in good health. In medicine, frailty defines the group of older people who are at highest risk of adverse outcomes such as falls, disability, admission to hospital, or the need for long-term care. (from NHS England).

Medical devices – medical devices include implantable devices, mobility aids, dressings, medical equipment and prostheses used in healthcare.

Intervention – something that aims to make a change and is tested through research. For example, giving a drug, providing a counselling service, improving the environment or giving people information and training are all described as interventions. (from Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre).

Evaluate – to formally judge or calculate the quality, importance or value of something e.g. a particular treatment.

Self-management – approaches which aim to empower people with long-term conditions to take control of their treatment and care. For more information see the Patients Association.

Psychological & behavioural interventions – these include therapies or programmes aiming to improve psychological wellbeing or change behaviour, including social interventions.

Intervention – something that aims to make a change and is tested through research. For example, giving a drug, providing a counselling service, improving the environment or giving people information and training are all described as interventions. (from Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre)

Cellular and gene therapies – treatments that involve transferring intact, live cells or genetic material (DNA) into a patient’s system to help lessen or cure a disease. For more information see the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy.

Surgical interventions – treatments that involve surgery.

Physical interventions – these include physical therapies, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, dietetics, osteopathy and exercise used to treat or prevent health conditions.

Treatment response – effect a treatment has on a person’s health condition.

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Subgroups – in our tool this means people with certain demographic characteristics (e.g. a specific age or gender) or clinical characteristics (e.g. people with cardiovascular disease or frailty).

Health inequalities – avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. The term is also used to refer to differences in the care that people receive and the opportunities that they have to lead healthy lives – both of which can contribute to their health. For more information see the King’s Fund.

Professional – someone who formally treats or cares for people with a health or health-related condition, e.g. clinicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, psychologists, social workers and educators.

Professional – someone who formally treats or cares for people with a health or health-related condition, e.g. clinicians, nurses and other allied health professionals, psychologists, social workers and educators.

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Health inequalities – avoidable, unfair and systematic differences in health between different groups of people. The term is also used to refer to differences in the care that people receive and the opportunities that they have to lead healthy lives – both of which can contribute to their health. For more information see the King’s Fund.

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