Outcomes & Quality of Life

Terms for measuring and valuing health outcomes, including patient-reported outcomes, utility values and QALYs.

  • Topic: Outcomes & Quality of Life
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Patient-Reported OutcomePRO, Self-Reported Outcome

Any report of a patient's health status that comes directly from the patient without clinical interpretation, from symptom ratings to full quality of life instruments.

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Preference-Based MeasurePreference-Weighted Measure, Preference-Elicited Instrument

A health status instrument whose scoring derives from a formal preference elicitation exercise, so its scores can be used directly as utility values for QALYs.

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PROMPatient-Reported Outcome Measure, PRO Measure

An abbreviation for patient-reported outcome measure, any standardised instrument capturing a patient's own report of health status without clinical interpretation.

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