INTRODUCTION In recent years,the concept of patient-centred care in the healthcare industry has gained increasing focus and recognition on the demand for patient-reported outcome(PRO)measures.A PRO is defined as‘any ...INTRODUCTION In recent years,the concept of patient-centred care in the healthcare industry has gained increasing focus and recognition on the demand for patient-reported outcome(PRO)measures.A PRO is defined as‘any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient,without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else’.1 PRO measures are employed to capture the patient status with a whole array of multidimen-sional health attributes collectively including symptoms,functions and general health in a variety of concepts,such as pain,fatigue,depres-sion,aspect of well-being and quality of life.2 PROs play important roles as endpoints in clin-ical trials to evaluate the efficacy,benefit and risks of drug and other medical products from the patient’s perspective.展开更多
文摘INTRODUCTION In recent years,the concept of patient-centred care in the healthcare industry has gained increasing focus and recognition on the demand for patient-reported outcome(PRO)measures.A PRO is defined as‘any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient,without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else’.1 PRO measures are employed to capture the patient status with a whole array of multidimen-sional health attributes collectively including symptoms,functions and general health in a variety of concepts,such as pain,fatigue,depres-sion,aspect of well-being and quality of life.2 PROs play important roles as endpoints in clin-ical trials to evaluate the efficacy,benefit and risks of drug and other medical products from the patient’s perspective.
