Table 1 Characteristics of included patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs).
PROM | Construct | Target Population | Mode of Administration | Recall Period | Total Number of Items | Subscales (Number of Items) | Response Options | Range of Scores/Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SF-36 | Quality of life | PHPT | Self-administered | Past 4 weeks | 36 | Physical functioning (10), role limitations-physical (4), role limitations-emotional (3), energy (4), emotional well-being (5), social functioning (2), pain (2), general health (5) | Variable adjectival scales | 0-100 (higher scores indicate better quality of life) |
PAS | Symptom presence and severity | PHPT | Self-administered | Today | 13 | Bone pain (1), feeling tired easily (1), mood swings (1), feeling ‘‘blue’’ or depressed (1), pain in the abdomen (1), feeling weak (1), feeling irritable (1), pain in the joints (1), being forgetful (1), difficulty getting out of a chair or car (1), headaches (1), itchy skin (1), being thirsty (1) | 0-100 visual analogue scales (0 is none, 100 is extreme) | 0-1300 (lower scores indicate lower symptom burden) |
PHPQoL | Quality of life | PHPT | Self-administered | Past 4 weeks | 16 | Physical functioning (9), emotional functioning (7) | 5-point Likert adjectival scales (always, many times, from time to time, hardly ever, and never) except 1 item that includes an additional “not applicable” response option | 0-100 (higher scores indicate better quality of life) |