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Hi Mary Rose,
Health assessment is a comprehensive, self-reported patient-oriented measure that provides lots of
information about a patient that could help providers to develop appropriate treatments for such
specific individual. The more detailed the questions are, the better understanding the providers have on
the patients to establish a better care plan, hence the more impact on the outcomes. For this reason,
you are absolutely right that the assessment will not be completed without patient cooperation. Thus,
this requires a certain level of trust between a patient and a provider. It's not simple and easy for
someone to open up their life history to tell a stranger what had happened in the past or what a patient
is going through currently, both physically and emotionally or mentally. It requires a provider to be an
attentive listener and be able to sympathize with the patient of what's going on. Since the development
of the Health Assessment Questionnaires in 1980, the emphasis of the treatment outcome is no longer
disease-specific but rather the overall impact on the quality of life. The data collected from a
comprehensive assessment, from demographic to lifestyle, medications and medical conditions, will