Patient Reported Outcomes

Question 1

What are commonly used measures of health

Answer 1

Mortality ,morbidity and patient based outcomes

Question 2

Pros and cons of mortality

Answer 2

Easily defined but not always recorded accurately

Not a very good way of assessing outcomes on and quality of care

Question 3

Pros and cons of morbidity

Answer 3

Routinely collected
Collection not always reliable
Tells us nothing about patients experience
Not always easy to use and evaluations

Question 4

Why are you patient based outcomes

Answer 4

Increases in conditions where aim is managing rather than curing
By medical test just one part of picture
Need to focus on patient concerns
Need to pay attention to Iatrogenic effects of care

Question 5

What are the types of PROMs

Answer 5

Generic and specific

Question 6

What are the advantages of generic instruments

Answer 6

Can be used for a range of health problems
Can be used if no disease-specific instruments
Enable comparisons across treatments and condition groups
Can be used to detect unexpected positive/negative effects of an intervention
Can be used to assess health of population

Question 7

What are the disadvantages of generic instruments

Answer 7

Generic nature means inherently less detailed
Loss of relevance
Can be less sensitive to changes that occur as a result of intervention
May be less acceptable to patients

Question 8

What are the advantages of specific instruments

Answer 8

Very relevant content
Sensitive to change
Acceptable to patience

Question 9

What are the disadvantages of specific instruments

Answer 9

Can’t use them with people who don’t have disease
Comparison is limited
May not detect unexpected effects