‘Patient activation’ as an outcome measure for primary care?

Can the outcome of primary care be measured by a Patient Reported Outcome Measure?

Agreeing the content of a patient‐reported outcome measure for primary care: a Delphi consensus study

BACKGROUND As the first contact for any health-related need, primary care clinicians often address multiple patient problems, with a range of possible outcomes. There is currently no patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) which covers this range of outcomes. Therefore, many research studies into primary care services use PROMs that do not capture the full impact of these services. OBJECTIVE ...

Quality of life as an outcome measure.

It is important to identify unknown and unquantified benefits and risks of therapeutic intervention that are reflected in the quality of life. This is especially important when the benefit : risk analysis is not clearly in favour of treatment. Quality of life is defined and target areas identified. The steps in the measurements of quality of life are discussed, including the validity, repeatabi...

Cognition as an outcome measure in schizophrenia.

BACKGROUND Cognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia. These deficits are not caused by medication or symptoms, and have a dramatic negative effect on real-world functioning. AIMS To critically examine a selection of the most common batteries used to assess cognition in schizophrenia. METHOD Literature review of cognitive assessment batteries for use in schizophrenia. RESULTS ...

Effectiveness as an outcome measure for treatment trials in psychiatry.

There is at present some confusion about the relative value of clinical trials performed to investigate efficacy vs. those designed to investigate effectiveness. This is particularly challenging when studies performed as experiments for regulators by companies are used to shape and inform clinical practice, especially if studies conducted under more real life conditions fail to support predicte...