Table 1 Criteria for the selection of PRO measures for detailed review and psychometric evaluation
From: A review of patient-reported outcome measures to assess female infertility-related quality of life
Criterion | Include | Exclude |
|---|---|---|
Setting | • Used in an infertility treatment setting | • Used to assess the QoL/psychological health of people living with female infertility but not receiving treatment |
Intended population/context of use | • Designed specifically to assess the QoL/treatment satisfaction/psychological health of individuals affected by female infertility | • It is a general QoL/treatment satisfaction/psychological health assessment tool that can be used in multiple disease areas |
Treatment type | • It is not treatment-specific | • It is treatment-specific |
Previous use in the literature | • Has been used by at least two separate research groupsa | • Used in multiple publications but by a singular research group |
Language | • Available in an English-language version | • Not available in an English-language version |
Psychometric data | • Psychometric assessment of the PRO conducted, published in the literature, and accessible for use | • Psychometric assessment not conducted • Psychometric assessment conducted but results are not accessible in the literature |