title: Issues in online patient self-reporting of health status.
abstract: Patient self-reporting of symptoms and quality of life following surgical interventions is generally delivered in the form of paper-based questionnaires to be completed in the outpatient clinic or at home. A commonly used tool for patient self-reporting of quality of life is the EQ5D health status questionnaire which, while limited in scope, has general applicability across a range of health interventions. In this article we examine the issues relating to online patient self-reporting using this questionnaire and the wider implications for the online reporting of health status.
authors.affiliation: School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. M.J.Taylor@ljmu.ac.uk
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matata
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stables
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Laws
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: England
authors.affiliation: Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
authors.forename: P J G
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Lisboa
mesh_terms: D003625:Data Collection; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057566:Self Report / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
keywords: health status; online reporting; patient self-report