What is Monthly check in?
The FUNCAP 27 monthly check-in is a series of questions that assess your physical, mental, and emotional health. It takes about 5-10 minutes to complete and helps you better understand your functional capacity through a score.
Energy-limiting conditions can significantly impact your ability to carry out day‑to‑day activities. This is called a reduction in functional capacity, and it is one of the most debilitating aspects of living with an energy-limiting condition. However, until now, this impact has been difficult to measure and understand.
Functional capacity is defined as an individual's ability to perform tasks and activities that are necessary or desirable in their lives.
However, tracking symptoms alone does not capture this properly. This is because for many people with an energy-limiting illness, we may increase our activity and tolerate a similar level of symptom severity as our condition improves.
This means that when evaluating treatments, beneficial outcomes can easily be missed if only symptoms are being tracked.
Similarly, tracking only your activity levels is not enough either. Many people are able to increase their activity, but this doesn't take into account the cost of doing so.
FUNCAP27 is a patient-informed and validated questionnaire that uses 27 questions to measure Functional Capacity.
The questionnaire covers 27 activities across 8 areas and for each activity asks:
What are the consequences for you if you perform this activity?
To what extent does this affect how much else you can do?
Completing the questionnaire provides a total score out of 6, where a score of 5.8-6 is typical of a healthy individual and a lower score represents reduced Functional Capacity.
When Can I Do the Monthly Check-in?
The monthly check-in will be available in your today's tasks. After completion, it will reappear in four weeks. Once you submit the check-in, you cannot edit your answers, so please review them carefully. You can take breaks during this assessment, and your progress will be saved, allowing you to resume at any time.
Where Can I See My Results?
At the end of your assessment, you'll receive a score and a detailed breakdown of the areas most impacted. To compare and view previous scores, navigate to your Profile and select Monthly Check-in. This feature allows you to track your progress over time and identify trends in your health and well-being.
How should I answer the questions?
You should base your answers on your average experience over the past month, not your best or worst days. If a question involves an activity you haven't performed, estimate how it would have affected you based on similar experiences.
For activities like going to the shop, consider the entire process, including preparation (Such as getting dressed), travel, the activity itself, and the return journey. Score these activities while keeping in mind all the steps involved.