7. Interpretation of Patient-Reported Outcome data
Interpretation approaches
HCPs need to understand what the collected PRO scores may indicate.
This raises the following questions:
- Which score prompts an intervention (e.g. further discussion with the patient, clinical action)?
- How do I know if there is relevant improvement or deterioration of a symptom?
The most important interpretation approaches to be outlined in the following slides are:
- EORTC QOL Thresholds for clinical importance
- EORTC QOL Reference values and norm data
- EORTC PRO score interpretation thresholds