
Therapiebeurteilung aus Patientensicht – PROs (Patient Reported Outcomes)
Author(s) -
Inge Bördlein-Wahl,
Felix Hilpert,
Thomas Kohlmann
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
onkologie
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1423-0240
pISSN - 0378-584X
DOI - 10.1159/000215717
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , patient compliance , medical physics , gynecology , family medicine
The patient's own evaluation of treatment can simplify communication between the patient and the treating physician; it provides additional important information for therapy control and improves patient compliance. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have already been examined in clinical studies among patients suffering from advanced ovarian cancer for a long time now and have made an important contribution with respect to the definition of a recognized standard of treatment for first-line therapy. This article describes the significance of PROs from the point of view of a social scientist, a gynaecologist, and an affected patient.