A systematic review of quality of thyroid-specific health-related quality-of-life instruments recommends ThyPRO for patients with benign thyroid diseases
Authors:
Wong, C. K., Lang, B. H., and Lam, C. L.
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: To appraise the measurement properties of thyroid-specific health-related quality-of-life (HRQOL) instruments and to provide recommendations on the choice of HRQOL instruments.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Systematic review of English-language literature published between 1993 and 2015 identified psychometric studies involving patients with thyroid disease through a search of Pubmed, Web of Science, Embase, and OVID MEDLINE. HRQOL instruments were graded on methodological quality and overall levels of evidence using a COSMIN checklist.
RESULTS: After a review of 742 original studies, 23 studies reporting 14 standardized HRQOL instruments targeted for Graves' ophthalmopathy (n = 4), hypothyroidism (n = 3), thyroid cancer (n = 2), other thyroid disease (n = 3), and nonthyroid tumor sites (n = 2) were identified. Hypothesis testing was evaluated most frequently. The 84-item thyroid-specific patient-reported outcome measure (ThyPRO) and 16-item Graves' ophthalmopathy-specific Quality-of-Life (GO-QOL) instruments were the most extensively evaluated instrument. The highest number of positive ratings in overall level of psychometric evidence was found in ThyPRO, GO-QOL, and 11-item Thyroid Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (ThyTSQ) instruments.
CONCLUSION: The ThyPRO is recommended for the assessment of HRQOL in patients with benign thyroid diseases while measurement properties of GO-QOL and ThyTSQ are satisfactory in measuring HRQOL of patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy and hypothyroidism, respectively.
Cognitive/mental functioning Physical functioning Role functioning Social functioning
General health perceptions / HRQoL:
Health-related quality of life
Age:
Adults (18-65) Seniors (65+)
Disease:
Diseases of and symptoms related to the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and related symptoms Neoplasms and related symptoms
