Patient-reported outcomes: A new era in clinical research

Abstract

Now-a-days there is significant discussion about patient-reported outcomes (PRO) in medical world. The following article covers almost all the areas of PRO including-their importance, important concepts for understanding of PRO, significance, ideal properties, types, development and evaluation of PRO instruments. It is useful for physicians, pharmacists and patients for the assessment and improvement of the therapy.

Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Analysis of Commercially Available Computerized Cognitive Training Among Older Adults

“…9 Forest plots of effect sizes using random effect models for self-reported everyday function Edwards et al 2002;Edwards et al 2005a, b;Roenker et al 2003). Furthermore, increasing importance is being placed on patient-reported outcomes (Deshpande et al 2011).…”

The emerging role of patient-centered outcomes research in shaping the future of healthcare delivery in India: A brief review

“…In fact, PRO data may enable early detection of side effects, leading to an improvement in HRQOL and improvement of disease status. [3] Patient-reported outcomes data may support the acceptance of a treatment as an agent offering economic and humanistic value to patients. [3] PROs are also expected to allow the payers of healthcare expenditure (such as government or insurance agencies) to link reimbursement to the effectiveness of treatment.…”

“…[3] Patient-reported outcomes data may support the acceptance of a treatment as an agent offering economic and humanistic value to patients. [3] PROs are also expected to allow the payers of healthcare expenditure (such as government or insurance agencies) to link reimbursement to the effectiveness of treatment. [6] To summarize, a properly collected PRO data has the potential to infl uence treatment-related decisions made by physicians, patients, hospital formularies, national health authorities, reimbursement agencies, and policy makers.…”

“…[3] PROs include a wide variety of variables such as satisfaction scores, symptom relief, well-being, discomfort, productivity assessment, intervention-induced problems, etc. By the virtue of this broader coverage, PROs are starting to replace QOL measures in various places.…”

Health-related quality of life in children with and without chronic conditions. A multicenter study

“…4 P r e v i o u s s t u d i e s h a v e demonstrated that some perceived health dimensions are altered by the presence of a CC, while others do not suffer any impact, and this varies depending on the different diseases. The hypothesis of this study is that children with CCs will have a higher rate of lower scores in HRQoL than healthy children.…”