Edward Chang|Erin F. Gillespie|Narek Shaverdian
&lt;p&gt;Truthfulness in patient-reported outcomes: factors affecting patients’ responses and impact on data quality&lt;/p&gt;
University of California, Los Angeles|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
use patientreported outcome pro measures research clinical care expanded dramatically reflective increasing recognition patientcenteredness important aspect highquality health care given rapid expansion ensuring data collected using pro measures high quality crucial continued successful application subjective nature outcomes assessed many factors may influence patients responses thus challenge overall quality data review discuss multiple factors may affect patients responses pro measures factors may arise instrument development administration secondary patientlevel response behaviors examine relevant literature delineate factors may impact data quality review methods accounting factors consideration factors critical ensuring data collected truthfully reflects patients evaluations provides accurate conclusions