Communication Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Adults With Communication Disorders: A Systematic Review of Content Validity.
Lizet Van Ewijk, Katerina Hilari, Analisa Pais and 1 others
PMID 40351041WHAT IT FOUND
Most patient-reported communication measures for adults have little evidence that their items reflect what patients experience.
NeuroQOL was the only scale that passed all criteria, and CPIB looked better developed.
Key findings
01The evidence on content validity of patient-reported communication measures for adults was very low.
02Development quality was rated inadequate for 21 of 25 measures and doubtful for four.
03NeuroQOL was the only scale rated sufficient on all four content validity criteria, and no condition-specific measure met the criteria.
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What it does not show
The review found very low-quality evidence, so it cannot recommend any measure as clearly best. Many included measures were developed before COSMIN content-validity standards were published. The review excluded measures in languages the reviewers could not read. Not all reviewers were trained by COSMIN.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as a list of proven outcome measures. The review found very low-quality evidence, and no condition-specific communication measure met the criteria.