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Patient‐reported outcome measures for allergy and asthma in children
Author(s) -
Soyiri Ireneous N.,
Nwaru Bright I.,
Sheikh Aziz
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pediatric allergy and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.269
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1399-3038
pISSN - 0905-6157
DOI - 10.1111/pai.12603
Subject(s) - prom , medicine , asthma , atopic dermatitis , allergy , food allergy , patient reported outcome , disease , pediatrics , family medicine , intensive care medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , immunology , nursing , pathology , obstetrics
There is increasing recognition of the importance of patient's perceptions of disease and their assessments of heathcare processes. Patient‐reported outcome measures ( PROM s) are therefore now regarded as at least as important as the traditional objective measures of disease. For minors, parental and, except in the very young and severally cognitively impaired, the child's perspectives are important because they provide unique and complementary information. In this review, we summarize the evidence on PROM s for allergy and asthma for use in children. Overall, there are fewer PROM s available for use in children than in adults. We were able to identify some validated pediatric PROM s that have been developed for use in atopic eczema/dermatitis, food allergy, allergic rhinitis/rhinoconjunctivitis, and asthma. There is very limited evidence on deploying these instruments out with research settings. There is therefore a pressing need to report on the experiences of using PROM s for allergy and asthma in routine clinical care. In particular, there is a need to understand how acceptable these are to children/carers, whether they can be incorporated into routine clinical assessments and if they are responsive to changes in treatment made in routine clinical practice.