Patient profiling
According to the Medical History, the following profiles can be selected:
• Hearing Loss • Balance Disorder • Cardio Vascular • Mental Disorders • Cognitive Disorders • Frailty.
Hearing Loss
Tick the Hearing Loss condition, or uses hearing aids in the tab Medical History, then confirm the patient’s profile to activate the Hearing Loss tab. Click on the HEARING LOSS button to open the tab.
It is divided into two sections:
- General Info. Click on EDIT to insert or edit data.
This tab is for saving the following data to be collected during the Audoligical examination:
o Noise Exposure History. The value is measured in dB
o Tympanometry. The value is measured in in daPa
o Pure tone audiometry. The value is measured in Pa
o Otoscopy. The value can be Abnormal or Normal
2. Questionnaires. It contains the MoCA and the GHABP questionnaires. To fill a questionnaire, click on +ADD to open the tab, select the responses and save the results (see section ). It is possible to open a curtain menu, which displays the responses. Also, the score is coloured according to the criticality: green is for good results, red is for critical results.
General Info
Follow the steps below to fill the General Info tab:
- Click on EDIT;
- Click on and type a value in Noise Exposure History, Tympanometry and Pure Tone Audiometry. If necessary, tick Family History of Hearing Loss
- Click on Otoscopy and a dropdown menu appears. Select a value
- Click on the SAVE button to save the data, otherwise click on the CANCEL button to discard them.
Balance Disorder
To activate the Balance Disorders tab, select a value under Balance Disorders in Medical History, then confirm the patient’s profile. Click on BALANCE DISORDER, to open the tab. It features the following questionnaires: Fall Efficacy Scale International, Activities Specific Balance Confidence Scale (ABC), Functional Gait Assessment (FGA), Mini-Balance Evaluation System Test (Mini-BEST), Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA). To fill a questionnaire, click on +ADD to open the tab, select the responses and save the results. It is possible to open a curtain menu, which displays the responses. Also, the score is coloured according to the criticality: green is for good results, red is for critical results.
If you have completed the form correctly click on SAVE to save the data, otherwise click on CANCEL to discard them.
Cardio Vascular
Tick the Cardiovascular condition in Medical History, then confirm the patient’s profile to activate the Cardiovascular tab. Click on CARDIOVASCULAR to open the Cardiovascular tab.
This tab is divided into the following tabs:
• General Info. Data concerning medical conditions are saved here.
• Observations. Data collected during the physical examinations are saved here, i.e. Blood Pressure and Heart rate (see Medical History)
• Cardiovascular history. Data concerning specific conditions are saved here, i.e. Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease, Hypertension, Heart Failure.
• ECG. Data collected with ECG are saved here.
• Cholesterol and scores. Data concerning cholesterol amount are saved here, and a link to a Heart Score calculator is provided.
General Info
Follow the steps below to fill this tab:
- Click on EDIT
- Click Type the requested values, i.e. Number of visits and Time spent doing Physical activity in min/week.
- Tick the checkbox for Sleep Disorder if necessary
- Fill the box with Special Dietary Conditions if necessary
- Click on SAVE button to save the data, otherwise click on CANCEL to discard them.
Cardiovascular History
Follow the steps below to fill the tab:
- Click on EDIT
- Click on the Atrial Fibrillation and Coronary Artery Disease, select a value from the menus.
- If necessary, tick the checkboxes for one or more conditions.
- Click on SAVE to save the data, otherwise click on CANCEL to discard them.
ECG
Follow the steps below to fill this tab:
- Click on EDIT
- Click on PR Interval, QRS Interval, QTC Intervals and type the requested values in ms which appear on the ECG curve
- Click on Rhythm, select a value from the menu
- Click on QRS Morphology, select a value from the menu
- Click on Peripheral arteries pulsation, select a value from the menu
- If necessary tick the Left ventricular hypertrophy checkbox
- Click on Cardiac Auscultation Finding, select a value from the menu
- If necessary tick the Audible murmurs checkbox
- If necessary tick the Ascites checkbox
- If necessary tick the Hepatomegaly/Splenomegaly checkbox
- Click on the SAVE to save the data, otherwise click on CANCEL to discard them.
Cholesterol and Scores
- Click on EDIT (see figure )
- Click on HB A1C level, type a value in %
- Click on LDL Cholesterol, type a value in mg/dl
- Click on HDL Cholesterol, type a value in mg/dl
- The Heart Score can be calculated with an online tool. Click on Calculate to open the webpage
- Click on SAVE to save the data, otherwise click on CANCEL to discard them.
Mental Disorders
Tick the Anxiety or Depression disorder condition in Medical History, then confirm the patient’s profile to activate the Mental Disorders tab.
Click on MENTAL DISORDERS, to open the Mental Disorders tab. It features the following questionnaires: Single Item Sleep Quality Scale and GDS. To fill a questionnaire, click on +ADD to open the tab, select the responses and save the results. It is possible to open a curtain menu, which displays the responses. Also, the score is coloured according to the criticality: green is for good results, red is for critical results.
Cognitive Disorders
The Cognitive Disorders tab is activated if MoCA score is below 26.
First, confirm the patient’s profile. Click on the COGNITIVE DISORDES button to open the Cognitive Disorders tab. To fill the GDS questionnaire, click on +ADD to open the tab, select the responses and save the results. It is possible to open a curtain menu, which displays the responses. Also, the score is coloured according to the criticality: green is for good results, red is for critical results.
Frailty
Tick Weight Loss in Medical History, then confirm the patient’s profile to activate the Frailty tab. Click on FRAILTY to open the Frailty tab which includes the Edmonton Frailty Scale (EFS) questionnaire. To fill this questionnaire, click on +ADD to open the tab, select the responses and save the results. Also, the score is coloured according to the criticality: green is for good results, red is for critical results.
Device allocation
To assign the devices to a patient, please follow the instructions at Patient management Patient-management.