Quality of Life in Epilepsy: Same questions, but different meaning to different people.

Tolulope T Sajobi Colin Bruce JosephsonRichard SawatzkyMeng WangOluwaseyi LawalScott B PattenLisa M LixSamuel Wiebe

Published in: Epilepsia (2021)

Our study revealed two different response patterns to quality-of-life instruments, suggesting heterogeneity in how patients interpret some of the questions. Researchers and users of PROMs in epilepsy need to consider the differential interpretation of items for various instruments to ensure valid understanding and comparisons of PROM scores.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
single cell
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis