TOPICS Short Form – TOPICS-MDS

The TOPICS – Short Form 2017 including Casemix forms were developed in collaboration with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Geriatrie (NvKG – Dutch Association for Clinical Geriatrics) to use as a Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) in the Dutch outpatient and clinical daily practice. The table below shows the 4 variants of the SF + casemix, including when (time of measurement) and where they can be used.

SF variant	Name variant	To be filled in by*	When	Where
1	SF 2017 Baseline	Patient (SF + casemix)	T0	Visit outpatient clinic / At hospital admission
2	SF 2017 + casemix poliklinisch bezoek	Patient (SF) + healthcare provider (casemix)	T0	Visit outpatient clinic
3	SF 2017 + casemix klinische opname	Patient (SF) + healthcare provider (casemix)	T0	At hospital admission
4	SF 2017 Follow-up	Patient (SF + casemix)	Tx	Visit outpatient clinic / At home

* The casemix can also always be filled in by the healthcare provider instead of the patient

1. TOPICS Short Form 2017 Baseline

2. TOPICS Short form 2017 + Casemix poliklinisch bezoek

3. TOPICS Short form 2017 + Casemix klinische opname

4. TOPICS Short Form 2017 Follow-up

The TOPICS – Short Form 2017 is also available in English (without casemix):

TOPICS – Short Form 2017 English

I-TOPICS Short Form

The I-TOPICS–Short Form-Shared Decision Making (I-TOPICS-SF-SDM) version was developed in collaboration with the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Klinische Geriatrie (NvKG – Dutch Association for Clinical Geriatrics) and Vilans, the national centre of expertise in long term care. The I-TOPICS-SF-SDM is to be used as an Individual Patient Reported Outcome Measure (iPROM) in the Dutch outpatient and clinical daily practice. In addition to patient reported health outcomes, the I-TOPICS-SF-SDM asks patients to prioritize which conditions or symptoms to address in the health conversation. Furthermore, by eliciting symptom- or disease-specific goals, functional goals and fundamental goals, person-centred decision making is pursued (Elwyn et al. 2020).

The I-TOPICS-SF-SDM (TOPICS-SF Samen Beslissen vragenlijst) is implemented in OnlinePROMS by Mediquest (info@mediquest.nl).

This Toolbox guides the implementation of the I-TOPICS-SF-SDM in Dutch geriatric outpatient clinics. The NVKG & Vilans support Dutch geriatric outpatient clinics during implementation (2021 – 2023). For more information: info@nvkg.nl