Involving patients in the process: Development of a constipation patient-reported outcome measure for symptoms and quality of life.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are useful standardized tools to measure current patient health status and well-being. While there are existing constipation-related PROMs, the majority of PROMs were not developed with adequate patient involvement and few examined content validity. Accordingly, the current study aimed to develop a constipation PROM with multiple phases of patient and clinician involvement.

Methods

To generate PROM items, 15 patients with chronic constipation (age range =28-79 years, 10 females) underwent a qualitative interview exploring their experiences with chronic constipation. Following that, eight clinical experts completed the content validity index (CVI) ratings of all the items generated to assess content validity. Based on result

SUBMITTER: Lee VV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10563011 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature