Real-time Symptom Assessment in Patients With Endometriosis: Psychometric Evaluation of an Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measure, Based on the Experience Sampling Method.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The experience sampling method (ESM) holds advantages over traditional retrospective questionnaires including a high ecological validity, no recall bias, the ability to assess fluctuation of symptoms, and the ability to analyze the temporal relationship between variables.

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of an endometriosis-specific ESM tool.

Methods

This is a short-term follow-up prospective study, including patients with premenopausal endometriosis aged ≥18 years who reported dysmenorrhea, chronic pelvic pain, or dyspareunia between December 2019 and November 2020. An ESM-based questionnaire was sent out by a smartphone application 10 times a day during 1 week on randomly chosen moments. Additionally, patients completed q

SUBMITTER: van Barneveld E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10024211 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature