Table 4 Table of items, domains, response options, scoring and administration of included outcome measures
Instrument (number of items) | Domains (number of levels) | Measure: Response options | Scoring | Mode of administration (reported completion time, min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Generic PROMs | ||||
Vitality (4), physical functioning (10), bodily pain (2), general health perceptions (5), physical role functioning (4), emotional role functioning (3), social role functioning (2), mental health (5) | Likert scale: 2 to 5 | Each dimension is transformed to give a score of 0 to 100. Lower scores indicating greater disability | Self-completed (11Â min) | |
Mobility (1), self-care (1), usual activities (1), pain/discomfort (1), and anxiety/depression (1); VAS | Likert scale: 3; VAS | Preference based, values range from 0 indicating death to 1 representing perfect health | Self-completed | |
 SF-6D [25] | Physical functioning (1), role limitation (1), social functioning (1), pain (1), mental health (1), and vitality (1) | Likert scale: 4 to 6 | Preference based 0 = dead to 1 = perfect health | Self-completed |
 SF-8 (8) [21] | Vitality (1), physical functioning (1), bodily pain (1), general health perceptions (1), physical role functioning (1), emotional role functioning (1), social role functioning (1), mental health (1) | Likert scale: 5 | Each dimension is transformed to give a score of 0–100. Lower scores indicating greater disability | Self-completed (2.5 min) |
 NHP (38) [19] | Physical mobility (8), pain (8), sleep (5), energy (3), emotional reactions (9), and social isolation (5) | Dichotomous | 0 (no health problems) to 100 (all the health problems) | Self-completed |
 POMS (65) [31] | NR | Likert scale: 5 | NR | Self-completed |
Condition-specific PROMs | ||||
 AUSVIQUOL (10) [18] | General health perceptions (3), function, mobility and pain (5), psychosocial aspects (2) | Likert scale: 5 | Reponses are given points from 10 to 0 for each answer, these are summed to give a quality of life score ranging from 0 (poor) to 100 (excellent) | Interviewer or self-completed (3.27 min) |
 ICQ (16) [20] | Health related quality of life (16) | Likert scale: 5 | Summing scores and transforming to a 0–100 scale | Self-completed (3.7 min) |
 PAQ (20) [30] | Physical limitation (7), symptoms (4), quality of life (3), social function (3), treatment satisfaction (3) | Likert scale: 5 | 0–100 (lower scores indicating worse performance) | Self-completed |
 PADQOL (38) [31] | Social relationships and interactions (9), self-concept and feelings (7), symptoms and limitations in physical functioning (8), fear and uncertainty (4), positive adaptation (7) | Likert scale :5 | Summed and transformed score 0 to 100% | Self-completed (5 to10 min) |
 SIPic (12) [22] | Sickness related behaviour (12) | Number of items endorsed | 0 (best quality of life) to 12 (worst quality of life) | Self-completed |
Symptom severity (8) Walking distance (7), walking speed (4), stair climbing (3) | Likert scale: 5 | 0 (unable to do) to 4 (no difficulty) | Self-completed (6Â min) | |
Pain (4), activity (8), emotional (7), symptoms (4), and social (2) | Likert scale: 7 | 1 (the worst) to7 (the best possible) | Self-completed | |