The challenges A key hurdle facing outcome teams as with the entire pharmaceutical industry is non-adherence by patients to medication. This problem is only likely to be surmounted if patients believe that taking medication will lead to immediate benefits through… Read More ›
patient reported outcomes
ePROs in clinical trials – Why we should be mobile first
Electronic patient reported outcomes (ePROs) and in particular with Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) are increasingly being used as a method for collecting data directly from patients. The many advantages of doing so include: clinical trials can be bigger, faster and… Read More ›
Implementing patient reported outcomes in diabetes routine clinical care
If we really want to know what the impact of clinical care including treatment is on the patient then the most reliable way of finding out is to ask the patient. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs)are increasingly being used to… Read More ›
Patient centricity – Co-Creation allows you to put the patient at the heart of PRO development
I want to start this post with three quotes relating to the growing momentum and recognition among researchers, regulatory agencies, policy makers and payers towards a more patient-centric approach to clinical trials and outcomes development. Although patient-centricity might be pharma’s… Read More ›
A chronology of our posts to help you get the most out of patient reported outcomes
Introduction The central goal of health outcomes assessment is to measure the results of treatment that patients experience and the outcomes of the care we deliver. This brief document provides a chronological links to a selection of our postings from… Read More ›
Cognitive interviewing in the development of PRO measures – The HSSQ-Test
Patient reported outcomes (PROs) such as well-being, perceptions of health, functioning, symptoms and satisfaction are increasingly used in outcome based healthcare as both primary and secondary endpoints. Critical however, to the notion of outcome based healthcare is that the data… Read More ›
Want to know more about how to design a patient outcome, experience or satisfaction questionnaire?
Then visit our new HealthSurveySolutions website and: Download useful articles, papers and presentations on questionnaire design and research Take our brief tutorial on how to design a questionnaire Follow our blog on all aspect of research and questionnaire design Choose… Read More ›
Take our brief tutorial on how to design a questionnaire
DHP Research is pleased to announce the launch of the HealthSurveySolutions specialising in the development, evaluation and testing of health survey questionnaires. Visit our website and: Take our brief tutorial on how to design a questionnaire Follow our blog on… Read More ›
Is lipstick still being put on the pig or do we need a rethink about interpreting patient reported outcomes?
Look at any paper or presentation reporting the development or use of a patient reported outcome (PRO) measure and without doubt there will be an array of statistical significance levels, standard deviations, standard errors and correlation coefficients in an attempt… Read More ›
DHP Research Autumn Training Programme for Health Researchers
At DHP Research we are pleased to announce our 2014 autumn research training programme To book or register your interest complete the form below