Patient-Reported Outcomes

Advancing the development, validation, and use of PRO measures, this book helps readers develop and enrich their understanding of PRO methodology, particularly from a quantitative perspective. Designed for biopharmaceutical researchers and others in the health sciences community, it provides an up-to-date volume on conceptual and analytical issues of PRO measures. The authors include many real-life applications and implement a wealth of simulated datasets to illustrate concepts. Most chapters contain SAS code and output that demonstrate the methodology.

Joseph C. Cappelleri, Kelly H. Zou, Andrew G. Bushmakin, Jose Ma. J. Alvir, Denissie Alemayehu, Tara Symonds

Introduction. Development of a Patient-Reported Outcome. Validity. Reliability. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses. Item Response Theory. Cross-Sectional Analysis. Longitudinal Analysis. Mediation Models. Missing Data. Enriching Interpretation. Index.