Measuring Frailty Using Patient-Reported Outcomes (PRO) Data: A Feasibility Study in Patients with Multiple Myeloma.

Meena N MurugappanBellinda L King-KallimanisVishal BhatnagarBindu KanapuruJoel F FarleyRandall D SeifertDavid D StenehjemTing-Yu ChenErica G HorodniceanuPaul G Kluetz

Published in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2023)

Constructing a frailty scale from existing PRO items commonly collected in cancer trials may be a patient-centric and practical approach to measuring frailty. Additional psychometric evaluation and research is warranted to further explore the utility of such an approach.

Keyphrases

patient reported outcomes
community dwelling
multiple myeloma
anti inflammatory
papillary thyroid
case report
electronic health record
squamous cell carcinoma
young adults
lymph node metastasis
machine learning
childhood cancer
artificial intelligence