title: Choosing your partner for the PROM: a review of evidence on patient-reported outcome measures for use in primary and community care.
abstract: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are assessments of health status from the patient's perspective. The systematic and routine collection and use of PROMs in healthcare settings adds value in several ways, including quality improvement and service evaluation. We address the issue of instrument selection for use in primary and/or community settings. Specifically, from the large number of available PROMs, which instrument delivers the highest level of performance and validity? For selected generic PROMs, we reviewed literature on psychometric properties and other instrument features (e.g., health domains captured). Briefly we summarize key strengths of the three PROMs that received the most favourable psycho-metric and overall evaluation. The Short-Form 36 has a number of strengths, chiefly, its strong psychometric properties such as responsiveness. The PROMIS/Global Health Scale scored highly on most criteria and warrants serious consideration, especially as it is free to use. The EQ-5D scored satisfactorily on many criteria and, beneficially, it has a low response burden.
authors.affiliation: Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Professor, School of Population & Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Stirling
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Broesch
authors.affiliation: Librarian, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Mary M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Doyle-Waters
authors.affiliation: President, Access Consulting Ltd, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Saskatoon, SK.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, School of Population & Public Health, The University of British Columbia, Associate Director, Centre for Health Service & Policy Research, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGrail
authors.affiliation: Associate, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, The University of British Columbia, Associate, Centre for Health Service & Policy Research, The University of British Columbia.
authors.forename: Margaret J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McGregor
authors.affiliation: Research Consultant, Balfour, BC; and Rick Sawatzky, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Trinity Western University, Scientist, Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Providence Healthcare, Langley, BC.
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Rick
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sawatzky
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D063868:Patient Outcome Assessment; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires