[Health-related quality of life instruments and other patient-reported outcomes].
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.
Valderas
José María
JM
Unidad de Investigación en Servicios Sanitarios, Institut Municipal d'Investigació Mèdica (IMIM-IMAS), Barcelona, España.
Ferrer
Montse
M
Alonso
Jordi
J
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