What is DIALOG+?
DIALOG+ is designed to measure how you rate your quality of life and your experience of the care you receive.
Your responses can help us to make sure we talk about what matters to you. The DIALOG+ form is very simple and it only has 11 questions.
The first eight questions cover different areas of your life, and the last three are about your treatment.
DIALOG+ questions cover your satisfaction with:
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Your mental health
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Your physical health
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With your job situation
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Your accommodation
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Your leisure activities
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Your friendships
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Your partner/family
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Your personal safety
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Your medication
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The practical help you receive
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Consultations with mental health professionals
You don’t need to write out long responses or give too much detail. Just choose a number from 1 to 7 that best matches how you feel, with one being totally dissatisfied and seven being totally satisfied.
There are no wrong answers.
DIALOG+ is a personal measure. There are no wrong answers so just try to be as honest as you can.
By filling in your answers at the beginning of your care, you can get a really good idea of where you are starting from in terms of quality of life. Filling them in again later, during or at the end of your treatment, can be a useful record of where you are making progress and how well your treatment is working for you. Any positive change is an achievement and can give you confidence.
If there is little change, or your ratings get lower, we might use this as a starting point to discuss making some changes to your treatment.
By measuring quality of life, and quality of care over time, you and your clinician can work together towards making a meaningful and lasting difference to your wellbeing.
Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
If you have some concerns, questions or need advice on our services, you can contact the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) on 0800 234 6088.
Feeling low and need someone to talk to?
Call 0800 915 4640
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