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Patient-reported outcome measures: it is time for authors, reviewers, journal editors and health care strategists to take sufficient responsibility

Michael Rindom Krogsgaard*, Christian Fugl Hansen

*Corresponding author for this work
23 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The misuse and abuse of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) in musculoskeletal research is leading to increasingly irresponsible healthcare recommendations. PROMs are progressively used as primary outcomes in clinical studies of musculoskeletal conditions, and there are multiple examples of the marked impact of such studies on recommended healthcare strategies.
Original languageEnglish
JournalKnee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Volume30
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)3589-3593
Number of pages5
ISSN0942-2056
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Keywords

  • Construct validity
  • Content validity
  • Patient-reported outcome scores
  • PROM
  • Type 2 errors

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