Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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Meta Analysis
Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Use in Surgical Care: A Scoping Study.
Surgeons recognize the importance of patient reported outcomes in the evaluation of health care. Documenting health related quality of life (HRQOL) can enhance surgical quality improvement efforts. Systematic documentation of HRQOL began in 1963. Currently, multiple varied and unstandardized instruments make it difficult to compare quality of life measures across studies. The NIH developed the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to provide a standardized assessment designed to complement traditional outcomes measures. ⋯ This study revealed that PROMIS performed efficiently, accurately, and reliably in assessing patient-reported HRQOL in multidisciplinary surgical publications.