REVIEW OF PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOMES IN GLAUCOMA
Author(s)
Aggarwal S1, Kumar S2, Topaloglu H1
1NOVEL Health Strategies, Chevy Chase, MD, USA, 2GLOBAL ACCESS Monitor, Bethesda, MD, USA
OBJECTIVES: Patient reported outcomes (PRO) are becoming useful tools for collecting and generating evidence for new medical products to show improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Glaucoma is a chronic disease with high importance for patient HRQoL. The objective of this study was to review, analyze, and understand trends in the PRO instruments used in patients with Glaucoma. METHODS: A systematic literature search for Glaucoma trials with PROs endpoints was undertaken for the databases Pubmed, Embase, Biosis, Google Scholar and Cochrane. Data was collected for the study size, interventions, year, PRO instrument and results for PROs. Analysis for conducted to identify trends in commonly used PRO instruments and categorize results as positive, neutral or negative. RESULTS:
Conference/Value in Health Info
2015-11, ISPOR Europe 2015, Milan, Italy
Value in Health, Vol. 18, No. 7 (November 2015)
Code
PSS63
Topic
Patient-Centered Research
Topic Subcategory
Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes
Disease
Sensory System Disorders