TY - JOUR
T1 - An Introduction to Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Trauma
AU - Turner, Grace M
AU - Slade, Anita
AU - Retzer, Ameeta
AU - McMullan, Christel
AU - Kyte, Derek
AU - Belli, Antonio
AU - Calvert, Melanie
PY - 2018/10/29
Y1 - 2018/10/29
N2 - Increased survival rates from traumatic injury have resulted in more people living with disability and reduced quality of life. To understand how peoples' quality of life is affected following a traumatic injury and the effects of that injury on their health and wellbeing, it is important to capture patients' perspectives of their own health. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are questionnaires, completed by patients, which can be used to measure the symptom burden associated with trauma and its treatment, and impact on quality of life. PROMs have a wide variety of uses which are relevant to trauma. In a research setting, PROMs can be used to assess the effectiveness of treatment and burden of disease. In a clinical setting, PROMs have the potential to inform and guide patient-centred care and clinical decision making. Collected as part of trauma registries, PROMs can be used at an aggregate level to inform improvements and uphold the quality of trauma care. This literature review explores and summarise the key current and potential future uses of PROMs in trauma research, routine clinical practice and registries.
AB - Increased survival rates from traumatic injury have resulted in more people living with disability and reduced quality of life. To understand how peoples' quality of life is affected following a traumatic injury and the effects of that injury on their health and wellbeing, it is important to capture patients' perspectives of their own health. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) are questionnaires, completed by patients, which can be used to measure the symptom burden associated with trauma and its treatment, and impact on quality of life. PROMs have a wide variety of uses which are relevant to trauma. In a research setting, PROMs can be used to assess the effectiveness of treatment and burden of disease. In a clinical setting, PROMs have the potential to inform and guide patient-centred care and clinical decision making. Collected as part of trauma registries, PROMs can be used at an aggregate level to inform improvements and uphold the quality of trauma care. This literature review explores and summarise the key current and potential future uses of PROMs in trauma research, routine clinical practice and registries.
U2 - 10.1097/TA.0000000000002102
DO - 10.1097/TA.0000000000002102
M3 - Article
C2 - 30376536
SN - 2163-0755
JO - The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
JF - The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
ER -