Patient-Reported Adverse Events of Radiopharmaceuticals: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Radiopharmaceuticals may cause adverse events. Knowledge about adverse events from a patient's perspective could help healthcare professionals to detect, understand, and manage adverse events more efficiently when using radiopharmaceuticals. Researchers need a validated questionnaire that can be used in patients to assess adverse events with radiopharmaceuticals.

Objective

The aim of this study was to develop, validate the content of, and perform initial testing of a questionnaire assessing patient-reported adverse events of radiopharmaceuticals.

Methods

Based on existing literature, six professionals drafted and evaluated a first version of the questionnaire. Further content validation was performed using cognitive interviews with six patients undergoing

SUBMITTER: Schreuder N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7105441 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature