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Summary of the 22nd Annual ISOQOL Conference

October 29, 2015

The 22nd annual conference for the International Society of Quality of Life Research (ISOQOL) was recently held in our backyard – right here in Vancouver. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Matrix: Quality of Life in Social Context”. Read more

Guest Post: Selecting a PRO instrument for use at the point-of-care: the experience of the Alberta Ocular Brachytherapy Program

August 28, 2015

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) were originally developed for clinical trials, where they were incorporated into regular data collection along with biospecimen sampling, testing, or other measures. As a result, PRO instruments could afford to be lengthy – many questions could be asked to capture the fine nuances of symptom severity and functional status. Read more

Guest Post: Patients with chronic OAB – how much do they know about their condition?

July 31, 2015

From a healthcare systems perspective, chronic conditions represent some of the most challenging healthcare needs to address. Studies in both the United States and Canada consistently demonstrate that these conditions are amongst those with the widest variations in their utilization of resources… Read more

Guest Post: Using mHealth to collect patient reported outcomes from youths with physical disabilities

July 10, 2015

Youths with physical disabilities often experience pain (Ehde et al., 2009). This pain can cause considerable disruption in their daily activities such as sleep, appetite, family functions, and peer relationships (Oddson et al., 2006). Clinically managing this pain requires regular surveillance, often based on patient self-reports. Read more