Symptoms

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Patient reported symptoms are factors that can decisively affect patient well-being and patient recovery. The symptoms are reported by the patient during the Patient Well-Being Assessment or updated regularly through well-being status.

Pain or Discomfort

General

  • Muscles cramps or spasms (painful)
  • Tenderness to touch
  • Swelling
  • Bruising or discoloration
  • Stiffness or decreased movement
  • Body aches
  • Itching or burning

Head area

  • Sore throat
  • Headache
  • Enlarged or swollen glands
  • Ear ache
  • Mouth, teeth or gums

Stomach Area

  • stomach ache
  • Menstrual cramps
  • Bloating or fullness
  • Pressure or fullness
  • Gas

Chest Area

  • Chest Pain
  • Feeling heart pound or race
  • Heart palpitations
  • Indigestion
  • Heart burn
  • Shortness of breath
  • Lung congestion

Other

  • Joints
  • Back
  • Arms or legs
  • Muscles other
  • Other

Sleep & Fatigue

  • Night sweats
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Sleepy all the time
  • Unusual Fatigue

Visual Symptoms

  • Skin ulcer
  • Skin rash
  • Lump or bulge
  • Bleeding or wound
  • Drainage or pus
  • Vaginal discharge
  • Visible deformity


Cold and Flu-like

  • Fever
  • Head ache
  • Aches and pains
  • Fatigue and weakness
  • Extreme exhaustion
  • Stuffy nose
  • Sneezing
  • High temperature or fever (warm to touch)
  • Cough - productive
  • Cough - dry
  • Congested lungs

Abnormal Activities

  • Numbness or tingling
  • Dizziness
  • Cough
  • Fainting spells
  • Nausea or vomiting
  • Nasal Congestion
  • Abnormal bowel movements (Change in bowel habits, Diarrhea, constipation, loose bowels)
  • Abnormal urination (frequent urge to urinate, cloudy urine with strong order, pain during urination, frequent bladder infections)
  • Weight - unusual weigh gain or loss
  • Hair loss - unexpected


Mental Health

General/Other

Functional Limitations

Hearing

  • Difficulty Hearing in some environments
  • Absence of useful hearing

Walking

  • Some difficulty without devices
  • Some difficulty with devices
  • Requires wheel chair or devices

Sleeping

  • Trouble falling asleep
  • Trouble staying asleep

Understanding (by care giver)

  • Misses part of message
  • Limited understanding
  • Unable to understand

Communication (by care giver)

  • Some Difficulty expressing needs and ideas
  • Frequent difficulty expressing needs and ideas
  • Very difficult to understand

Vision

  • Large objects and print only
  • Object identification questionable

Standing

  • Need device assistance
  • Unable with device assistance

Grip

  • Limited
  • Absent

Breathing

  • Severe shortness of breath at rest
  • Mild shortness of breath at rest
  • Shortness of breath with minimal exertion
  • Shortness of breath with moderate exertion
  • SOB when climbing stairs
  • Uses ventilator

Mobility Endurance

  • Walk or wheel chair 50 feet
  • Can't do it
  • Only with rest

Sitting Endurance

  • Tolerate sitting for 15 minutes
  • Can't do it
  • Only with support

Primary Mobility Mode

  • Cane/crutch
  • Walker
  • Orthotics/prosthetics
  • Wheelchair/scooter full time
  • Wheelchair/scooter part time
  • No movement from bed

Activities of Daily Living - Limitation

  • Bathing and showering
  • Shower/bathe requires transfer
  • Wash face, hands, chest, arms
  • Dressing (Upper body, Lower body, put on/take off socks and shoes)
  • Self-feeding (not including chewing or swallowing)
  • Movement from one place to another to perform activities
  • Personal hygiene and grooming
  • Toilet hygiene
  • Toilet transfer - safely on an off

Mobility

  • Lying to sitting on side of bed
  • Sit to stand
  • Chair/Bed to wheelchair
  • Sit to lying flat on bed
  • Roll left and right
  • Bend and pick up objects

Transportation Mobility

  • Unable to car transfer
  • Wheel chair lift only

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLS)- Limitation

  • Telephone (Answer phone, place calls
  • Take medications as prescribed (oral, inhalants/mists, injectable)
  • Make light meal
  • Wipe down surface
  • Light shopping
  • Laundry
  • Use public transportation
  • Mange money and pay bills
  • Use computer
  • Use a smart phone

Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLS)- Other

  • Care of others (Family members)
  • Care of pets
  • Child rearing
  • Maintain social relationships
  • Community Mobility
  • Maintain Financial Management
  • Maintain Health Management
  • Maintain Home Management
  • Meal preparation and cleanup
  • Maintain Religious Observances
  • Maintain safety procedures and emergency responses
  • Shopping