Patient-level barriers and facilitators to completion of patient-reported outcomes measures.
Chao Long AzadLaura K BeresAlbert W WuAviram M GiladiPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2021)
There are multiple distinct patient-level factors that affect PROM completion. Failure to consider these factors in PROM design and implementation may lower completion rates or prevent accurate completion, undermining PROM validity. Because certain factors affect minority populations at disproportionate rates, this may also contribute to existing health disparities.