Construction of the health risk assessment index system for assessing the chronic diseases based on the general health

AIMS: This study aimed to construct a standardized health risk assessment index system (HRAIS) under the guidance of general health and facilitate the family doctors to carry out chronic disease management. METHODS: Available chronic disease surveillance systems and indexes were reviewed to identify potential indexes. The Delphi method was performed to establish the HRAIS, and the analytic hierarchy process was used to calculate the index weight. RESULTS: HRAIS included four first-level indexes and 38 second-level indexes. The authority coefficient was 0.86. The Kendall’s W for the two rounds of Delphi consultation were 0.202 and 0.210 (p < 0.001). The weights of the first-level indexes from high to low were physiological health (0.409), psychosocial health (0.290), health-related behaviors (0.205), and environment (0.097). Thus, HRAIS is a multi-dimension and multi-index tool, which can be used as a guideline for family doctors in early screening, early intervention, and classified management of main chronic diseases.