PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - JOHN R. KIRWAN
AU  - JAMES F. FRIES
AU  - SARAH HEWLETT
AU  - RICHARD H. OSBORNE
TI  - Patient Perspective: Choosing or Developing Instruments
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.110390
DP  - 2011 Aug 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 1716--1719
VI  - 38
IP  - 8
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/8/1716.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/38/8/1716.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2011 Aug 01; 38
AB  - Previous Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) meetings recognized that patients view outcomes of intervention from a different perspective. This preconference position paper briefly sets out 2 patient-reported outcome (PRO) instrument approaches, the PROMISE computer adaptive testing (CAT) system and development of a rheumatoid arthritis-specific questionnaire to measure fatigue; a tentative proposal for a PRO instrument development pathway is also made.