Checklist to operationalize measurement characteristics of patient-reported outcome measures.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purpose of this study was to advance a checklist of evaluative criteria designed to assess patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures' developmental measurement properties and applicability, which can be used by systematic reviewers, researchers, and clinicians with a varied range of expertise in psychometric measure development methodology.

Methods

A directed literature search was performed to identify original studies, textbooks, consensus guidelines, and published reports that propose criteria for assessing the quality of PRO measures. Recommendations from these sources were iteratively distilled into a checklist of key attributes. Preliminary items underwent evaluation through 24 cognitive interviews with clinicians and quantitative researchers. Six measureme

SUBMITTER: Francis DO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4971647 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature