title: Patient perspective workshop: moving towards OMERACT guidelines for choosing or developing instruments to measure patient-reported outcomes.
abstract: The workshop Choosing or Developing Instruments held at the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 10 meeting was designed to help participants think about the underlying methods of instrument development. Conference pre-reading material and 3 brief introductory presentations elaborated the issues, and participants broke into discussion groups before reconvening to share insights, engage in a more general discussion of the issues, and vote on recommendations. Tradeoffs between using current imperfect measures and the long and complex process of developing new instruments were considered, together with the need for rigor in patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument development. The main considerations for PRO instrument development were listed and a research agenda for action produced. As part of the agenda for action, it is recommended that researchers and patient partners work together to tackle these issues, and that OMERACT bring forward proposals for acceptable instrument development protocols that would meet an enhanced "Truth" statement in the OMERACT Filter.
authors.affiliation: University of Bristol, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK. John.Kirwan@Bristol.ac.uk
authors.forename: John R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Kirwan
authors.forename: James F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Fries
authors.forename: Sarah E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Hewlett
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Stanton
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ciciriello
authors.forename: Mart A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: van de Laar
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dures
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Minnock
authors.forename: Turid
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heiberg
authors.forename: Tessa C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Sanderson
authors.forename: Caroline A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Flurey
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Montie
authors.forename: Pam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Richards
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012219:Rheumatology / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome