Towards standardized patient reported physical function outcome reporting: linking ten commonly used questionnaires to a common metric

Oude Voshaar, M A H; Vonkeman, H E; Courvoisier, Delphine; Finckh, Axel; Gossec, L; Leung, Y Y; Michaud, Karen; Pinheiro, Giorgio; Soriano, E; Wulfraat, N; Zink, A; van de Laar, M A F J

doi:10.1007/s11136-018-2007-0

Scientific article

Open access

English

Towards standardized patient reported physical function outcome reporting: linking ten commonly used questionnaires to a common metric

ContributorsOude Voshaar, M A H; Vonkeman, H E; Courvoisier, Delphine; Finckh, Axel; Gossec, L; Leung, Y Y; Michaud, Karen; Pinheiro, Giorgio; Soriano, E; Wulfraat, N; Zink, A; van de Laar, M A F J

Published inQuality of Life Research, vol. 28, no. 1, p. 187-197

Publication date2019

Abstract

Outcomes obtained using different physical function patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) are difficult to compare. To facilitate standardization of physical function outcome measurement and reporting we developed an item response theory (IRT) based standardized physical function score metric for ten commonly used physical function PROMs.

Keywords

Ethnic Groups
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Osteoarthritis
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)/methods
Patient Reported Outcome Measures
Quality of Life/psychology
Research Design
Rheumatic Diseases
Surveys and Questionnaires

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research group

Recherche clinique en rhumatismes inflammatoires (1010)

Citation (ISO format)

OUDE VOSHAAR, M A H et al. Towards standardized patient reported physical function outcome reporting: linking ten commonly used questionnaires to a common metric. In: Quality of Life Research, 2019, vol. 28, n° 1, p. 187–197. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2007-0