SymTrak-8 as a Brief Measure for Assessing Symptoms in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient- and caregiver-reported 23-item SymTrak scales were validated for monitoring clinically actionable symptoms and impairments associated with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) in older adults. Items capture physical and emotional symptoms and impairments in physical and cognitive functioning. An abbreviated SymTrak is desirable when response burden is a concern.

Objective

Develop and validate the 8-item SymTrak.

Design and participants

Secondary analysis of SymTrak validation study; 600 participants (200 patient-caregiver dyads; 200 patients without an identified caregiver).

Main measures

Demographic questions, SymTrak, and Health Utility Index Mark 3 (HUI3).

Key results

SymTrak-8 demonstrated good fit to a one-factor model using confir

SUBMITTER: Monahan PO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8131465 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature