Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol

Introduction Living with a chronic disease impacts many aspects of life, including the ability to participate in activities that enable interactions with others in society, that is, social participation (SP). Despite efforts to monitor the quality of care and life of chronically ill people in Belgiu...

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Main Authors: Christophe Vanroelen, Maxim Van den broecke, Sarah de Jong, Régine Kiasuwa Mbengi
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-12-01
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description Introduction Living with a chronic disease impacts many aspects of life, including the ability to participate in activities that enable interactions with others in society, that is, social participation (SP). Despite efforts to monitor the quality of care and life of chronically ill people in Belgium, no disease-specific patient-reported measures (PRMs) have been used. These tools are essential to understand SP and to develop evidence-based recommendations to support its improvement. This protocol presents the phases for the disease-specific development of patient-reported outcome and experience measures to assess SP and its potential determinants among people living in Belgium with cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, HIV or a neuromuscular disease.Methods and analysis This protocol applies the PROMIS Instrument Development and Validation Scientific Standards and COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments to develop PRMs in a disease-specific manner to quantify the components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). A mixed-method approach is used to create broad initial item pools based on patient (focus groups) and literature perspectives which are compared within ICF-standardised language by applying the refined ICF linking rules. An item set is first created based on this cross-matching exercise and then validated by multidisciplinary expert panels. Cognitive assessment and pilot testing are followed by the dissemination of the survey to a representative sample in Belgium. Advanced psychometric testing (classical test theory and item response theory) is applied to inform an item reduction strategy for the final measures and to develop scales for the ICF components.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Ghent University Hospital on 20 February 2023 to organise the patient focus groups (ONZ-2022-0470). Ethical approval for dissemination of the PRMs and psychometric testing will be sought at the Ghent University Hospital Ethics Committee at the start of Phase 6. Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and professional conferences.
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spelling doaj-art-7ac27810b436473c985e8c083bb95b712025-01-14T15:00:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open2044-60552024-12-01141210.1136/bmjopen-2024-087798Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocolChristophe Vanroelen0Maxim Van den broecke1Sarah de Jong2Régine Kiasuwa Mbengi35 VUB, Brussel, Brussel, Belgium1 Sciensano Cancer Centre, Brussel, Belgium3 ULB, Brussel, Brussel, Belgium4 Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussel, BelgiumIntroduction Living with a chronic disease impacts many aspects of life, including the ability to participate in activities that enable interactions with others in society, that is, social participation (SP). Despite efforts to monitor the quality of care and life of chronically ill people in Belgium, no disease-specific patient-reported measures (PRMs) have been used. These tools are essential to understand SP and to develop evidence-based recommendations to support its improvement. This protocol presents the phases for the disease-specific development of patient-reported outcome and experience measures to assess SP and its potential determinants among people living in Belgium with cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, HIV or a neuromuscular disease.Methods and analysis This protocol applies the PROMIS Instrument Development and Validation Scientific Standards and COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments to develop PRMs in a disease-specific manner to quantify the components of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF). A mixed-method approach is used to create broad initial item pools based on patient (focus groups) and literature perspectives which are compared within ICF-standardised language by applying the refined ICF linking rules. An item set is first created based on this cross-matching exercise and then validated by multidisciplinary expert panels. Cognitive assessment and pilot testing are followed by the dissemination of the survey to a representative sample in Belgium. Advanced psychometric testing (classical test theory and item response theory) is applied to inform an item reduction strategy for the final measures and to develop scales for the ICF components.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the Ghent University Hospital on 20 February 2023 to organise the patient focus groups (ONZ-2022-0470). Ethical approval for dissemination of the PRMs and psychometric testing will be sought at the Ghent University Hospital Ethics Committee at the start of Phase 6. Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed journals and professional conferences.https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/12/e087798.full
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Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
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title Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
title_full Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
title_fullStr Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
title_full_unstemmed Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
title_short Development of ICF-based patient-reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases: a mixed-methods protocol
title_sort development of icf based patient reported outcome and experience measures to study social participation among people with chronic diseases a mixed methods protocol
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