The Development of a Digital Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement for Adults With Chronic Disease (The Parsley Symptom Index): Prospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The monitoring and management of chronic illness has always been a challenge. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) can be powerful tools for monitoring symptoms and guiding treatment of chronic diseases, but the available PROM tools are either too broad or too disease specific for the needs of a primary care practice focused on longitudinal care.

Objective

In this study we describe the development and preliminary validation of the Parsley Symptom Index (PSI).

Methods

This prospective cohort study took place from January 5, 2018, to June 05, 2020, among a sample of 4621 adult patients at Parsley Health. After a review of literature, followed by binning and winnowing of potential items, a 45-item PROM that also served as a review of systems (ROS) was dev

SUBMITTER: Williams H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8235288 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature