A review of patient-reported outcome measures to assess female infertility-related quality of life

Table 5 Overview of psychometric evidence

Instrument name	Validity				Reliability		Responsiveness	Clinically important difference thresholds available
Instrument name	Structural validity	Convergent validity	Concurrent validity	Known groups validity	Internal consistency reliability	Test-retest reliability	Responsiveness	Clinically important difference thresholds available
FertiQoL	✓	✓	X	✓	✓	X	X	X
FPI	✓	✓	X	X	✓	✓	X	X
FPS	✓	X	X	X	✓	X	X	X
ICQ-I	X	X	X	X	✓	X	X	X
IFQ	X	✓	X	✓	✓	✓	X	X

FPI Fertility Problem Inventory, FPS Fertility Problem Stress, ICC Intra-class Correlation Coefficient, ICQ-I Infertility Cognitions Questionnaire adapted for Infertility, IFQ Infertility Questionnaire

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