A chronic condition impacts all areas of a patient’s life. The core aim of treatment is to improve the patient’s quality of life. Only patients themselves can judge their own needs and impairments. With PROMs, patients provide their perspective without the interpretation of a clinician. This makes them crucial for the therapy planning and evaluation. Focusing on patient preferences and measuring patient-reported benefit can thus improve treatment success.
Our research group has developed widely used PROMs such as the Patient Benefit Index, the Wound-QOL, and the NAPPA. The tools are used in randomised controlled trials (RCTs), non-interventional studies and in clinical practice. They have been translated into numerous languages and were validated for different diseases and conditions.
