Toward Ensuring Health Equity: Readability and Cultural Equivalence of OMERACT Patient-reported Outcome Measures

Petkovic, Jennifer; Epstein, Jonathan; Buchbinder, Rachelle; Welch, Vivian; Rader, Tamara; Lyddiatt, Anne; Clerehan, Rosemary; Christensen, Robin; Boonen, Annelies; Goel, Niti; Maxwell, Lara; Toupin-April, Karine; De Wit, Maarten; Barton, Jennifer; Flurey, Caroline; Jull, Janet; Barnabe, Cheryl; Sreih, Antoine; Campbell, Willemina; Pohl, Christoph; DURUÖZ, MEHMET; Singh, Jasvinder; Tugwell, Peter; Guillemin, Francis

doi:10.3899/jrheum.141168

Toward Ensuring Health Equity: Readability and Cultural Equivalence of OMERACT Patient-reported Outcome Measures

Petkovic J., Epstein J., Buchbinder R., Welch V., Rader T., Lyddiatt A., ...More

JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.42, no.12, pp.2448-2459, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 42 Issue: 12
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.3899/jrheum.141168
Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.2448-2459
Keywords: HEALTH EQUITY, MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS, RHEUMATOLOGY, LITERACY, CULTURAL ADAPTATION, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, LITERACY LEVELS, ADAPTATION, TRANSLATION, INSTRUMENTS, GUIDELINES, PEOPLE
Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. The goal of the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 12 (2014) equity working group was to determine whether and how comprehensibility of patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) should be assessed, to ensure suitability for people with low literacy and differing cultures.