Brittany Lapin, Cleveland Clinic

Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research

EQ-DAPHNIE represents a landmark endeavour in population health assessment and instrument evaluation, funded by the EuroQol Research Foundation. This initiative collected demographics, social determinants of health, as well as an extensive array of generic and symptom-specific patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) from 15 countries.

This special collection will include papers that delve into a myriad of research questions, including the establishment of population norms for various PROMs, cross-country comparisons, examination of health inequalities, assessment of instrument performance within and across countries, and specialized analyses focusing on self-reported health and the efficacy of different measures within the elderly population.

Potential topics

• Establishment of population norms for various patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs)
• Cross-country comparisons of health outcomes
• Examination of health inequalities across populations
• Assessment of instrument performance within and across countries
• Self-reported health analyses
• Efficacy of different measures within the elderly population
• Generic and symptom-specific patient-reported outcome measures

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Jessica Roydhouse, Menzies Institute for Medical Research

Brittany Lapin, Cleveland Clinic

The Limb Injury Measurement Battery for Quality of Life (LIMB-QOL) measurement system is a multifaceted patient reported outcome system designed to measure several domains of functioning across physical, emotional, and social health for individuals with limb loss and other major extremity trauma.

The LIMB-QOL is the result of a large, collaborative project that was funded by the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs of the U.S. Department of Defense and overseen by the University of Delaware.

This special collection includes foundational manuscripts to introduce the LIMB-QOL measurement system to researchers and clinicians, including the development and implementation of this measurement system for individuals with major extremity injuries.

Potential topics

• Patient-reported outcomes for limb loss and extremity trauma
• Physical, emotional, and social health domains in limb injury
• Development and validation of the Limb Injury Measurement Battery for Quality of Life (LIMB-QOL)
• Implementation of LIMB-QOL in clinical research and practice
• Measurement of functioning and quality of life in individuals with major extremity injuries

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