Patient Reported Outcome and Its Evaluation
中医临床患者报告结局及其评估

Patient Reported Outcome (PRO) is an outcome used in the measurement and evaluation of a disease. PRO is directly from patients' perception of their own health condition. It includes symptoms, physiology, psychology and treatment satisfaction. This article introduced the current condition of PRO study and its application in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It emphasized on Evaluating the Measurement of Patient - Reported Outcomes (EMPRO). The EMPRO contains 39 items in eight key attributes, which are the conceptual and measurement model, reliability, validity, responsiveness, interpretability, burden, alternative modes of administration, and cross -cultural and linguistic adaptations. This study showed that the EMPRO has high reliability and validity. It has already been used in the assessment of the SF-36 Health Survey, the Nottingham Health Profile, the COOP/WONCA Charts, the EuroQol-5D, and the EORTC-QLQ-C30.