Abstract Purpose Although the EQ-5D has a long history of use in a wide range of
populations, the newer five-level version (EQ-5D-5L) has not yet had such extensive …

Many patients with chronic pain do not obtain adequate relief or experience unacceptable
side effects from existing treatments. Moreover, even when clinical trials report positive …

OBJECTIVE: Lack of consensus on taxonomy, terminology, and definitions has led to
confusion about which measurement properties are relevant and which concepts they …

Background Aim of the COSMIN study (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of
health status Measurement INstruments) was to develop a consensus-based checklist to …

Objectives: Chronic subjective tinnitus is a prevalent condition that causes significant
distress to millions of Americans. Effective tinnitus treatments are urgently needed, but …

Abstract Background The COSMIN checklist (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection
of health status Measurement INstruments) was developed in an international Delphi study …

OBJECTIVES: Recently, an increasing number of systematic reviews have been published
in which the measurement properties of health status questionnaires are compared. For a …

Worldwide economic constraints on health care systems have highlighted the importance of
evidence-based medicine and evidence-based health policy. The resulting clinical trials and …

Many questionnaires have been developed to measure physical activity (PA), but an
overview of the measurement properties of PA questionnaires is lacking. A summary of this …

Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are considered the gold standard when
evaluating outcomes in a surgical population. While the psychometric properties of some …