title: [Health-related quality of life instruments and other patient-reported outcomes].
abstract: In the last few years, many different instruments assessing health-related quality of life and the broader concept of Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) have been developed. Following the recommendations of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Medical Outcomes Trust, the ePRO checklist provides a modular assessment for PRO instruments based on eight key attributes: conceptual and measurement model, reliability, validity, responsiveness, interpretability, respondent and administrative burden, alternative forms, and cross-cultural adaptation. Selected criteria describing each attribute in detail are also listed. The availability of explicit guidelines is expected to promote the development of better PRO measurement instruments.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación en Servicios Sanitarios, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-IMAS), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: José María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Valderas
authors.forename: Montse
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferrer
authors.forename: Jordi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alonso
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship / Q000592:standards; D057189:Checklist; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards