the link on the AFNNCF's own site has changed: (you can access it from the AIM menu on https://manuals.annafreud.org/ambit/ )
https://manuals.annafreud.org/ambit/#AIM%20questionnaire%20-%20interactive%20version On Tuesday, August 3, 2021 at 11:48:52 PM UTC+1 TW Tones wrote: > Liz, > > Thanks for sharing. Its great to get such insights. > > Toneas > > On Wednesday, 4 August 2021 at 03:00:55 UTC+10 elizabeth...@googlemail.com > wrote: > >> Hi all, I'm reposting this because my first reply got deleted (spam >> filter, I assume!) >> >> I wanted to add some reflections from the Anna Freud centre. We are very >> excited about this development, for two main reasons: >> >> 1. It helps us to directly connect outcomes measurement to the evidence >> base for what works for different types of problem. >> >> The interactive AIM sits within our tiddlywiki treatment manual, which >> means that the suggested interventions list generated by the questionnaire >> links directly into content on how to deliver the most appropriate >> evidence-based intervention. We will easily be able to update this as the >> evidence-base evolves. >> >> 2. It helps us to overcome a major barrier to using outcomes measures in >> practice: feasibility/ practically >> >> Generally outcome measures like this are valued by health and social care >> workers in principle, but the impracticality of scoring and recording the >> data often results in low use of the measures in practice. >> >> We want to encourage services working with young people to use the AIM to >> plan care and assess outcome for individual young people, but also to to >> collate the data to evaluate their service as a whole. Here is a paper >> evaluating outcomes of a young person's substance use service that looks at >> a series of pre- and post-treatment AIM scores for 100 young people: >> https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359104521994875?journalCode=ccpa >> >> >> Jeremy's interactive AIM, with its different options for saving the >> results, makes it easy for workers to save the results for multiple >> purposes - perhaps saving the .doc file to the young person's health >> record, then copying the data into a spreadsheet capturing the whole team's >> outcomes. >> >> Thanks, Jeremy! >> >> Liz >> >> On Friday, 16 July 2021 at 08:14:00 UTC+1 TiddlyTweeter wrote: >> >>> Ciao Jeremy >>> >>> Thanks for that! It helps clarify what I am trying to do! >>> >>> I will post an update note in the original thread about how I look at >>> the issue now. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> TT >>> >>> On Thursday, 15 July 2021 at 10:39:57 UTC+2 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>>> Hi TT >>>> >>>> Thank you – I was hoping you might find the translation mechanism >>>> interesting too, does it fit your needs discussed in that other thread? >>>> >>>> You can try out the translation mechanism in the demo by switching the >>>> language to "Spanish" in the sidebar tab; you'll get gobbledegook that >>>> isn't Spanish, but it illustrates the difference. (Note that in the demo >>>> only the UI is translated, the questions themselves there are only in >>>> English). >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> >>>> Jeremy. >>>> >>>> Very interesting to see! Thanks. >>>> I ran through the whole thing and completed all questions. It is a >>>> seriously real application! :-) >>>> >>>> As a side note: The Anna Freud people designed the questions really >>>> well. It is extremely difficult to design such questionnaires in a way >>>> that >>>> makes sense in normal English AND can produce operational, quantitative, >>>> meaningful, results. Hats off to them! >>>> >>>> Best wishes >>>> TT >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 14 July 2021 at 12:46:02 UTC+2 jeremy...@gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>>> I’ve recently completed a small project for the Anna Freud National >>>>> Centre for Children and Families in London (see https://annafreud.org/) >>>>> to make an interactive questionnaire that has some interesting features: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Fairly sophisticated scoring of the answers to multiple choice >>>>> questions >>>>> - Generating spreadsheet files that can be downloaded and opened >>>>> in Excel, and .DOC files that open in Microsoft Word >>>>> - Copying spreadsheet data to the clipboard for pasting directly >>>>> into Excel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> In its current form, the questionnaire is not directly reusable for >>>>> other purposes, but I hope some of the techniques will prove useful to >>>>> others. >>>>> >>>>> The context for this work is that the AFNCCF trains teams of care >>>>> workers in Britain and around the world to work with the most troubled, >>>>> hard to reach young people and their families. For more than a decade, >>>>> they have been working on the Adolescent Integrative Measure (AIM) to >>>>> help >>>>> care workers make a systematic, objective record of the problems >>>>> affecting >>>>> a particular young person, and to make suggestions of the interventions >>>>> that are indicated by the answers. By repeating the questionnaire after >>>>> an >>>>> interval of months, workers can track a young persons progress. For the >>>>> last few years, the questionnaire has been filled out on paper but there >>>>> has long been a desire to simplify the process by moving it online. >>>>> >>>>> You can try out the questionnaire in a demo here: >>>>> >>>>> https://federatial.github.io/afnccf-aim-questionnaire/ >>>>> >>>>> You can also see the questionnaire in AFNNCF's own site here: >>>>> >>>>> https://manuals.annafreud.org/ambit/#AIM%20Questionnaire >>>>> >>>>> The code is on GitHub: >>>>> >>>>> https://github.com/Federatial/afnccf-aim-questionnaire >>>>> >>>>> AIM is a series of multiple choice questions that measure the severity >>>>> of a particular problem. The spectrum of responses is a heartbreaking >>>>> reminder of the difficulties that young people can go through, and I’m >>>>> very >>>>> happy that our collective work on TiddlyWiki is helping people help >>>>> people >>>>> in these situations. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Workers can also mark up to 6 of the questions as being “key problems” >>>>> to indicate that they need particular attention: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> There is a simple visualisation of progress through the questionnaire >>>>> as questions are answered: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The questions are presented sequentially, with “next” and “previous” >>>>> buttons to move between them, and a dropdown that enables jumping >>>>> directly >>>>> to a particular question. It also provides feedback of which questions >>>>> have >>>>> been completed, and which have been marked as key problems: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Until all the questions are answered, the results are blocked: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Note that if you scroll down you’ll find a button that answers all the >>>>> questions instantly, making it easier to see the results. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Once all the questions have been answered, the results are displayed >>>>> in several different tabs: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - *Focal*: Each suggested intervention is ranked in order of >>>>> how severe the set of problems are (their averaged AIM scores) that >>>>> indicate that particular intervention. This is good for focusing on >>>>> the >>>>> most severe problems >>>>> - *Global*: Each suggested intervention is ranked according to how >>>>> many different problems (that is AIM items scoring greater than 2) the >>>>> young person has which that particular intervention is relevant for. >>>>> This >>>>> is good for covering the whole set of problems and causes >>>>> - *Limit*: Limit suggested interventions only to those relevant >>>>> for items identified as key problems >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The underlying calculations are probably the most complex that I have >>>>> attempted in TiddlyWiki (particularly the global ranking), making >>>>> extensive >>>>> use of the mathematics operators and the ‘reduce’ and ‘filter’ operators. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> (Note that the suggested interventions link to missing tiddlers in the >>>>> demo). >>>>> >>>>> The questions comprising the questionnaire and the user interface that >>>>> presents them can all be translated into other languages which are >>>>> automatically engaged when TiddlyWiki’s core language is switched: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Answers are stored in temporary tiddlers that are not saved to the >>>>> server, so several ways are provided to downloaded/exported them: >>>>> >>>>> - As a .DOC file that can be read by Microsoft Word >>>>> - As a .CSV file that can be read by Microsoft Excel >>>>> - Via the clipboard in a format that can be pasted directly into >>>>> Microsoft Excel >>>>> >>>>> The technique used to generate a .DOC file is notable: it turns out >>>>> that Microsoft Word will happily open HTML files if they have the >>>>> extension >>>>> .DOC. This makes generating a Word document just be a matter of exporting >>>>> a >>>>> static HTML file and giving it the correct extension for the download. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The code is published as a plugin so it’s easy to see the component >>>>> parts: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Note that some of the new arithmetic features of v5.2.0 are used to >>>>> calculate the results, but everything else should work on prior versions. >>>>> >>>>> Questions and comments welcome, >>>>> >>>>> Best wishes >>>>> >>>>> Jeremy. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tiddlywiki+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cbd3d123-f65b-4205-8672-ba737c501acfn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cbd3d123-f65b-4205-8672-ba737c501acfn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. 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