Sharing our Canadian experience with PROMs at the 2013 National PROMs Summit in London, England
The Second National PROMs Summit focusing on the Development of PROMs in Clinical Practice at a Local Level was held on November 14th, 2013 in London, England. The conference was attended by Angie Chan, Project Manager, on behalf of the VALHUE study team, whose presentation garnered interest among the mostly UK-based attendees. Read more
Measuring health related quality of life
Measuring the health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) of a population is a concept that has been around since the late 1940s. This is when the World Health Organization proposed that health be measured, not simply by the absence of disease, but by the quality of one’s life. This is great in theory, but the reality is that quality-of-life can be a difficult thing to quantify. How do we measure gains or losses in HRQoL? Read more
RESIO
The RESIO study was undertaken to test the feasibility of collecting PROMs on a routine basis. From November 1999 to September 2000, 5,313 consecutive patients having cataract replacement surgery, cholecystectomy, hysterectomy, lumbar discectomy, prostatectomy, or total hip replacement completed a pre- and post-surgery survey of their health related quality of life (HRQOL). Wright CJ, Chambers […]