Fear Avoidance after Concussion Tool (FACT): patient-reported outcome measure development and content validation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

No valid patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) exist to evaluate fear avoidance behaviour following concussion. This study developed a new PROM to evaluate fear avoidance behaviour following concussion and assessed the PROM content validity.

Design

PROM development was performed using a qualitative study, and content validation was performed using a mixed-methods approach.

Methods

The development phase consisted of compiling potentially relevant items (eg, questions) from other PROMs proposed to measure fear avoidance before proceeding to a series of one-on-one semistructured interviews with patient and professional participants. The content validity (relevance, comprehensibility and comprehensiveness) of the PROM was first assessed by professional parti

SUBMITTER: Sherwood LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12606469 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature