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Table 3 Showing voting outcomes following round 2 survey of working group members. The % refers to the proportion of those who voted in support of each item

From: Standard set of health outcome measures for older persons

Round 2

Percent

Include

 Functional mobility

77

 Pain

72

 Falls resulting in a fracture

77

Inconclusive

 Confidence in ability to access information and advice when needed

50

 Confidence in ability to access appropriate healthcare

64

 Feeling safe (generally)

59

 Confidence in understanding of own health

55

 Overall survival

59

 Overall burden of all physical symptoms

59

 Continence

64

 General experience of healthcare

55

 Contact with healthcare (emergency service/doctor/nurse/outpatient clinic)

50

 Pressure ulcers

50

 Complications from treatment

59

 Adverse medication effects

55

 Falls resulting in seeking medical attention

59

Excluded

 Other palliative care specific outcomes

41

 Relationships

68

 Vision

45

 Hearing

41

 Sit to stand speed

36

 Number of falls

68

 Falls resulting in an admission to hospital

68