The Comorbidity Symptom Scale: A Combined Disease Inventory and Assessment of Symptom Severity

200055 citationsJournal Article

Authors

H L Crabtree · Sunderland Royal Hospital

A.J. Hildreth · Sunderland Royal Hospital

Janice O’Connell · Sunderland Royal Hospital

Joshua D. Brown · Sunderland Royal Hospital

Abstract

The CmSS is a simple interviewer-administered tool for use in older people and provides an objective measure of the presence of comorbid disease and the patient's perception of severity of associated symptoms.

Topics & Keywords

Chronic Disease Management Strategies Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 48, Issue 12, pp. 1674-1678

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2000.tb03882.x

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