Health Questionnaires

Our mental health team are introducing patient health questionnaires called DIALOG.

The DIALOG questionnaire is personal to you. It is to help with conversations between you and your health professional about your health and well-being.

 

How will the DIALOG health questionnaires help you?

• The questionnaires help you describe how you are feeling.
• What you would like to be different.
• What we can do together to help improve areas of your life that you may be finding difficult.

 

What will you be asked?

• There are 11 questions.
• You will be asked to choose a number from 1 to 7 that best matches how you feel in these areas, with 1 being totally dissatisfied and 7 being totally satisfied.
• There are no wrong answers. If there is a question you find difficult to rate, you may leave it blank and discuss this with your health professional at your appointment.

 

How often will you be asked to complete the DIALOG questionnaire?

• You will be asked to fill in the DIALOG questionnaire at the beginning of your care.
• We will talk to you about your answers to help guide your care and treatment options.
• You will be asked to fill it in again throughout your treatment. This helps to build up a picture of your care.
• Positive change is an achievement and can give you confidence, but we don't expect to see constant improvement all the time. If your scores don't change or become lower, we can use this as a starting point to make changes to your care and treatment.

 

How do you complete the DIALOG questionnaire?

Here are some of the ways you can complete the questionnaire:

• You can complete the questionnaire using your smartphone.
• You can take a paper copy of the questionnaire home, fill it in, and bring it with you to your next appointment.
• If you are unable to complete using the options above, you can ask your health professional to help you fill in the questionnaire at your next appointment.

 

What to do if you are worried about filling in the DIALOG questionnaire

If you have any worries or concerns, talk to your health professional, and they will be happy to discuss and explain the questions in more detail.

 

Who will see my answers?

The people who are treating you will see your answers, so you can discuss them together about your next steps.

To ensure our services are effective, we will collate and review the recorded questionnaires across all our interventions, teams, and patient groups. This will allow us to learn how to better support staff and patients in their recovery journeys.

 

How patient questionnaires like DIALOG help us to improve our services

• They can help to identify what works for some people or group of people and what doesn't.
• They can be used to support improvement within services.
• Making outcomes measure data publicly available enables a culture of transparency and openness about the impacts of treatment.

 

Click here to download a printable copy of the DIALOG questionnaire.

Click here to download a printable copy of the DIALOG questionnaire with an Easy Read explanation.