Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can demonstrate the effects of a disease or treatment. By using patient questionnaires, the results can be analyzed to predict clinical outcomes in medical research ...

The fear that cancer will progress or worsen is one of the most common concerns among people living with the disease. Identifying and measuring this concern is key to providing appropriate ...

Freedom from disability is one of the most important patient-centered outcomes after surgery, but there is currently no validated instrument to measure postoperative disability. However, a study in ...

Fractal Dimension Analysis of Pixel Dynamic Contrast Enhanced-Magnetic Resonance Imaging Pharmacokinetic Parameters for Discrimination of Benign and Malignant Breast Lesions Questionnaires relating to ...

This systematic review shows that there is no conclusive evidence for the use of a single patient-reported outcome questionnaire in the evaluation of patients undergoing hip arthroscopy. A limitation ...

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the development of authentic instruments for assessing the competence of health professionals. Patients offer a unique perspective for assessing aspects of ...

Elissa Ely’s column on patient satisfaction surveys (“ I felt healthy after my doctor’s appointment. Then the patient survey arrived .“, Opinion, Feb. 23) reminds me of student satisfaction surveys in ...

The gap in shared decision-making was similarly notable. Clinicians rated their own effectiveness in involving patients at 80.8 out of 100, while patients rated clinician involvement at only 69.1.

Though patients have expressed their dissatisfaction with communication in the cancer care system, 8, 13 the quality of patient-provider communication is an area seldom measured systematically as part ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Confusion over symptom questionnaires is common, and likely hampers efforts to diagnose and treat physical and mental illnesses, ...

Surveyed adults with Sjögren disease reported high physical and emotional symptom burden and widespread dissatisfaction with available treatments.

Sciensus and Rare Patient Voice share new insights that reveal critical opportunity to improve care pathways When nearly half of respondents describe travel as a meaningful burden, it signals a clear ...