Outcome Measures
Online predictive tool may not affect patients’ willingness to undergo TKA
According to published results, use of a predictive tool may not significantly affect patient-reported willingness to undergo total knee arthroplasty at 6 months after use of the tool.
New cardiovascular disease diagnosis linked to worse prognosis in MS
SAN DIEGO — A new diagnosis of cardiovascular disease was linked to shortened time to disability progression and worsened outcomes in patients with MS, according to a poster presented at ACTRIMS 2023.
STAR aims to be ‘gold standard’ for outcome measures in Sjögren’s syndrome
The Sjögren’s Tool for Assessing Response, or STAR, a candidate composite efficacy endpoint for clinical trials, includes all disease features and has demonstrated sensitivity to change, according to researchers.
Patient-reported outcome measures assess quality of life in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Patient-reported outcome measures detect clinically meaningful changes in chronic HF
Compared with NYHA class, patient-reported outcome measures were more likely to detect clinically meaningful changes in patients with chronic HF, researchers reported.
Standardized outcome measures may advance lupus drug development
Simple, standardized outcome measures, including steroid-sparing, could advance lupus drug development, while clarifying the lupus spectrum may improve diagnosis time and patient understanding, according to a speaker at ACR Convergence.
Outcome measures in MS trials require more research ‘to improve clinical trial design’
The timed 25-foot walk test and the nine-hole peg test demonstrated lower rates of improvement than the Expanded Disability Scale Status, which is consistent with less measurement error, according to findings published in Neurology.
Physician outcome measures do not accurately gauge ophthalmologists’ quality
Researchers found current Merit-based Incentive Payment System and future public reporting of physician scores for outcome measures used flawed methodology, questioning its ability to differentiate between high- and low-performing ophthalmologists.
Patient-reported outcome measures, patient satisfaction had weak correlation after TJA
With a finding of weak to moderate correlation between patient-reported outcome measures and patient satisfaction, published results advise against overreliance of patient-reported outcome measures to assess patient outcomes after total joint arthroplasty if patient satisfaction is the desired outcome.
Low, varied response rates found to patient-reported outcome measures among dialysis centers
Although Dutch patients who completed patient-reported outcome measures described high symptom burden and poor health-related quality of life, the overall response rate was low with considerable variation among dialysis centers, according to study results.