Refining scores based on patient reported outcomes – statistical and medical perspectives

Refining scores based on patient reported outcomes – statistical and medical perspectives

Abstract Background Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) are gaining more and more importance in the context of clinical trials. The assessment of PRO is frequently performed by questionnaires where the multiple items of a questionnaire are usually pooled within summarizing scores. These scores are used...

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Main Authors: Manuel Feißt, André Hennigs, Jörg Heil, Helfried Moosbrugger, Augustin Kelava, Ilona Stolpner, Meinhard Kieser, Geraldine Rauch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Patient reported outcomes
Latent variables
Factor scores
Questionnaire refinement
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-019-0806-9

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