FHSQ
Foot Health Status Questionnaire
About Us
Care Quest is a small Brisbane-based business that focuses on developing and distributing Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) software, such as the original and sought after Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ).
Foot health status Questionnaire
The Foot Health Status Questionnaire (FHSQ) has filled a need for clinicians and researchers wanting to measure foot health related quality of life. The uniqueness of the FHSQ was recognised early in its development and won a national research award in Australia. The questionnaire is now a global research tool, translated into multiple languages and used by researchers, clinicians, PhD, Masters and honours students.
The American Orthopaedic - AO Handbook "Musculoskeletal Outcome Measures and Instruments" by Suk, Hanson, Norvell & Helfet, published by Thieme in 2005 identifies the FHSQ as the most scientifically valid foot and ankle measure of the 25 independently evaluated.
To assist clinicians and researchers, the Foot Health Status Questionnaire Data Analysis Software is available to accurately obtain scale scores for the domains of; foot pain, mobility levels related to foot function, social impact of footwear and the important element of understanding the individuals personal general foot health perceptions. Responders simply answer 13 items on the questionnaire.
25 years of experience and innovations in design thinking is resulting in the development of a fully automated secure cloud based version of the FHSQ-iConnect. A new range of indices have been developed to assist clinicians interpret results in one-on-one patient consultations, in less the 60 seconds.