Clinical outcome
Clinical Outcome
Clinical outcome (pronunciation: /ˈklɪnɪkəl ˈaʊtkʌm/) refers to the end result or consequence of a medical condition or treatment. It is a broad term that encompasses a variety of measures, including patient survival, symptom relief, side effects, and quality of life.
Etymology
The term "clinical outcome" is derived from the Latin word "clinicus", meaning "bedside", and the Old English word "utganc", meaning "a going out". It is used in the context of healthcare to describe the result of a medical intervention.
Related Terms
- Patient-reported outcome: A report of the status of a patient's health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient's response by a clinician or anyone else.
- Health-related quality of life: An assessment of how the individual's well-being may be affected over time by a disease, disability, or disorder.
- Mortality rate: A measure of the number of deaths in a particular population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
- Morbidity rate: The frequency with which a disease appears in a population.
- Treatment efficacy: The ability of a treatment to provide a beneficial effect (a positive outcome such as the reduction of symptoms, the prevention of death, or the improvement of quality of life) in those who have a disease, health condition, or risk factor.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Clinical outcome
- Wikipedia's article - Clinical outcome
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