Content Validity of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Developed for Assessing Health-Related Quality of Life in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Systematic Review.

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Author	Terwee, Caroline B. Elders, Petra J. M. Langendoen-Gort, Marlous Elsman, Ellen B. M. Prinsen, Cecilia A. C. van der Heijden, Amber A. de Wit, Maartje Beulens, Joline W. J. Mokkink, Lidwine B. Rutters, Femke
Abstract	Purpose of reviewWe aimed to systematically evaluate the content validity of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) specifically developed to measure (aspects of) health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in people with type 2 diabetes. A systematic review was performed in PubMed and Embase of PROMs measuring perceived symptoms, physical function, mental function, social function/participation, and general health perceptions, and that were validated to at least some extent. Content validity (relevance, comprehensiveness, and comprehensibility) was evaluated using COSMIN methodology.Recent findingsWe identified 54 (different versions of) PROMs, containing 150 subscales. We found evidence for sufficient content validity for only 41/150 (27%) (subscales of) PROMs. The quality of evidence was generally very low. We found 66 out of 150 (44%) (subscales of) PROMs with evidence for either insufficient relevance, insufficient comprehensiveness, or insufficient comprehensibility. For measuring diabetes-specific symptoms, physical function, mental function, social function/participation, and general health perceptions, we identified one to 11 (subscales of) PROMs with sufficient content validity, although quality of the evidence was generally low. For measuring depressive symptoms, no PROM with sufficient content validity was identified.SummaryFor each aspect of HRQL, we found at least one PROM with sufficient content validity, except for depressive symptoms. The quality of the evidence was mostly very low.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11892-022-01482-z.
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ISSN	15344827
Journal	Current Diabetes Reports [Curr Diab Rep]
Volume Number	22
DOI	10.1007/s11892-022-01482-z
PubMed Central reference number	PMC9355936
Issue Number	9
PubMed reference number	35819705
e-ISSN	15390829
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2022-07-11
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Open
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Subject Keyword	Patient-reported outcomes Questionnaire Validity Diabetes Systematic review Quality of life
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Internal Medicine