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Clinical Global Impression (CGI)

The Clinical Global Impression (CGI) is a 3-item observer-rated scale that measures illness severity, global improvement or change, and therapeutic response. Provided by Dr. A. Thurm

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http://miksa.ils.unc.edu/unc-hit/media/CGI.pdf

ElementName DataType Size Required Condition ElementDescription ValueRange Notes
subjectkey GUID Required The NDAR Global Unique Identifier (GUID) for subjects which identifies a subject in NDAR NDAR*
src_subject_id String 20 Required The site or study's subject identification
interview_date Date Required Date on which the interview/genetic test/sampling/imaging was completed Required field
interview_age Integer Required Age in months at the time of the interview/test/sampling/imaging. 0 :: 1200 Age is rounded to chronological month If the research participant is 15 days old at time of interview the appropriate value would be 0 months if the participant is 16 days old the value would be 1 month
gender String 50 Required Gender M; F
cgi_si Integer Recommended Considering your total clinical experience with this particular population how ill is the subject at this time? 0 :: 7 0 = Not assessed 1= Normal not at all ill 2= Borderline ill 3= Mildly ill 4= Moderately ill 5= Markedly ill 6= Severely ill 7= Extremely ill
cgi_si2 Integer Recommended Severity of Social Communication Impairment version 2 1::7 1=Normal, no social communication impaired: In high levels of engagement with communication. 2=Borderline social communication impairment: Easily enters coordinated joint engagement, occasionally slips into supported joint engagement. 3=Mild social communication impairment: Can engage and communicate, but may be easily distracted, or need occasional adult support to re-engage. Communication attempts are difficult to understand, or predominantly about requests. 4=Moderate social communication impairment: Needs consistent support to enter in to and/or maintain engagement, with inconsistent spontaneous communication; OR able to engage or communicate with ease but does not do both simultaneously. 5=Marked social communication impairment: Can communicate about requests only, and does not comment. 6=Severe social communication impairment: Rarely communicates, and is limited to requests; 7=Most extreme social communication impairment: No engagement, no communication attempts
cgi_sii Integer Conditional csi_score_type=2 Rate the total improvement whether or not in your judgment it is due entirely to treatment. Compared to the subject's condition at baseline how much has the subject changed? 0 :: 8 0 = Not assessed 1 = Very much improved (at least 85% improvement) 2 = Much improved (at least 60% improvement) 3 = Improved (greater than 25% improvement) 4 = Minimally improved (at least 20-25% improvement) 5 = No change (between +/- 15% change) 6 = Minimally worse (at least 20-55% worse) 7 = Much worse (at least 60% worse) 8 = Very much worse (at least 80% worse)
cgi_siii Integer Recommended Select the terms which best describe the degrees of therapeutic effect and side effects 1 :: 16 See additional information
cgi_score_type Integer Required CGI Score Type 1::3 1=scoring range 0 to 7 2=scoring range 0 to 8 3= scoring range 0 to 6
cgi_sii_0_6 Integer Conditional csi_score_type=3 CGI SII 0 - 6 0::6 0=very much worse; 1=much worse; 2=minimally worse; 3=no change; 4=minimally improved; 5=much improved; 6=very much improved.
cgi_sii_0_7 Integer Conditional csi_score_type=1 CGI SII 0 - 7 0::7 0 = Not assessed 4 = No change 1 = Very much improved 5 = Minimally worse 2 = Much improved 6 = Much worse 3 = Minimally improved 7 = Very much worse