Heterogeneity of patient-reported outcome measures in clinical research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in clinical research increases and use of heterogeneous instruments reflects how well diverse traits are captured by a medical specialty. In order to reflect the heterogeneity of current PROM use in ophthalmology, we reviewed the available literature.

Methods

The medical literature database Web of Science was searched for the most cited articles in clinical ophthalmology. Titles, abstracts and full text articles were reviewed for the use of PROMs and a list of the 100 most cited articles using PROMs was obtained and stratified by year of publication.

Results

A total of 1,996 articles were screened. Seventy-seven out of the 100 articles identified included one PROM, and the average number of instruments wa

SUBMITTER: Terheyden JH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11330056 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature