Pesudovs Konrad, Burr Jennifer M, Harley Clare, Elliott David B
NH&MRC Centre for Clinical Eye Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, South Australia, Australia.
Optom Vis Sci. 2007 Aug;84(8):663-74. doi: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318141fe75.
Patient-reported outcome measurement has become accepted as an important component of comprehensive outcomes research. Researchers wishing to use a patient-reported measure must either develop their own questionnaire (called an instrument in the research literature) or choose from the myriad of instruments previously reported. This article summarizes how previously developed instruments are best assessed using a systematic process and we propose a system of quality assessment so that clinicians and researchers can determine whether there exists an appropriately developed and validated instrument that matches their particular needs. These quality assessment criteria may also be useful to guide new instrument development and refinement. We welcome debate over the appropriateness of these criteria as this will lead to the evolution of better quality assessment criteria and in turn better assessment of patient-reported outcomes.
患者报告结局测量已被公认为是综合结局研究的一个重要组成部分。希望使用患者报告测量方法的研究人员必须自行编制问卷（在研究文献中称为工具），或者从先前报告的众多工具中进行选择。本文总结了如何使用系统流程对先前编制的工具进行最佳评估，我们提出了一个质量评估系统，以便临床医生和研究人员能够确定是否存在符合其特定需求的、经过适当编制和验证的工具。这些质量评估标准也可能有助于指导新工具的开发和完善。我们欢迎就这些标准的适用性展开辩论，因为这将促使更好的质量评估标准的演变，进而更好地评估患者报告结局。
