Balancing fidelity and practicality in short version musculoskeletal patient reported outcome measures

Balancing Fidelity and Practicality in Short Version Musculoskeletal Patient Reported Outcome Measures

Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) and Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs)

In recent years, there has been an increased focus on placing patients at the center of health care research and evaluating clinical care in order to improve their experience and ensure that research is both robust and of maximum value for the use of medicinal products, therapy, or health services. This paper provides an overview of patients' involvement in clinical research and service evaluat...

Patient reported outcome measures in practice.

1Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, 35 Centerra Parkway, Suite 300, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA; 2Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health, Lebanon, NH, USA ; 3 Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden ; 4Rare Diseases Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden ; 5Genia, Stockholm, Sweden ; 6Hansen Law, Stockho...

Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Multiple Sclerosis.

Patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures are being used more frequently in epidemiological studies, health service research and in clinical trials to evaluate therapeutic interventions from the patient's perspective. In MS, where evaluations of treatments are becoming increasingly important, outcome measures that are rigorous and appropriate to patients are needed. This article examines the valu...

Patient-reported outcome measures in arthroplasty registries

- The International Society of Arthroplasty Registries (ISAR) Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Working Group have evaluated and recommended best practices in the selection, administration, and interpretation of PROMs for hip and knee arthroplasty registries. The 2 generic PROMs in common use are the Short Form health surveys (SF-36 or SF-12) and EuroQol 5-dimension (EQ-5D). The Working...