Freedom from disability is one of the most important patient-centered outcomes after surgery, but there is currently no validated instrument to measure postoperative disability. However, a study in ...

Researchers developed a 30-item questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life of adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

In one testing category, only 54.7% and 15.5% of participants from test groups MTurk and OPTIMA, respectively, interpreted the questionnaire as instructed according to the frequency with which the ...

Increasing emphasis is being placed on the development of authentic instruments for assessing the competence of health professionals. Patients offer a unique perspective for assessing aspects of ...

This systematic review shows that there is no conclusive evidence for the use of a single patient-reported outcome questionnaire in the evaluation of patients undergoing hip arthroscopy. A limitation ...

Though patients have expressed their dissatisfaction with communication in the cancer care system, 8, 13 the quality of patient-provider communication is an area seldom measured systematically as part ...

Physician underestimation of the symptom burden in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) is common and is associated with less frequent treatment escalation and smaller improvements in health status ...

Insufficient Effectiveness of 5-Hydroxytryptamine-3 Receptor Antagonists Due to Oral Morphine Administration in Patients With Cisplatin-Induced Emesis PURPOSE: To develop a psychometrically sound ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Confusion over symptom questionnaires is common, and likely hampers efforts to diagnose and treat physical and mental illnesses, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A questionnaire successfully identified patients with STIs at low risk for penicillin allergy. Among low-risk ...