Sickness Impact Profile (SIP)

Original Editor - Tolulope Adeniji

Top Contributors - Tolulope Adeniji, Kim Jackson and Uchechukwu Chukwuemeka  

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The Sickness Impact Profile(SIP), a behaviorally based measure of health status, is used to evaluate a person with disease perceived health status. And it is sensitive enough to monitor changes in health status over time or between groups[1]. SIP measures health status, a patient dysfunction through his everyday behaviour in relation to his diseases condition. SIP aids in evaluating outcome of an health care services that can be used for a program evaluation, planning and policy formulation[1][2].

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Bergner M, Bobbitt RA, Carter WB, Gilson BS. The Sickness Impact Profile: development and final revision of a health status measure. Medical care. 1981 Aug 1:787-805.
  2. Prcic A, Aganovic D, Hadziosmanovic O. Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) Score, a good alternative instrument for measuring quality of life in patients with ileal urinary diversions. Acta Informatica Medica. 2013;21(3):160.