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. 2023 Spring;20(4-6):14–33.

TABLE 6.

Schizophrenia-specific PROs

OUTCOME ASSESSMENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT REFERENCES DOMAIN INTERPRETATION LANGUAGES RELIABILITY VALIDITY ORIGINAL VALIDATION
Schizophrenia Quality of Life Scale (SQLS) Abdin et al (2019),18 Domenech et al (2019),48 Lee et al (2014),90 Su et al (2017)133 QoL 30 items, 3 subscores; 0=best QoL, 100=worst QoL English, others +++ Cronbach’s α (psychosocial)=0.93
Cronbach’s α (motivation and energy)=0.78; Cronbach’s α (symptoms and side effects)=0.8
+++ on HADS, GHQ-12 Wilkinson et al (2000)198
Schizophrenia Quality of Life Questionnaire Multidimensional Computerized Adaptive Test (SQoL-MCAT) Michel et al (2018)106 QoL 41 items, 8 domains; score range: 0–100; higher score=better QoL French, others +++ ICC ≥0.9 + on PANSS
++ on CDSS
Michel et al (2018)106
Schizophrenia Quality of Life Questionnaire (SQoL) Baumstarck et al (2013),29 Chou et al (2011),44 Lee et al (2021),92 Niolu et al (2015)113 QoL 41 items; score range: 0–100; higher score=better QoL French, English, Chinese +++ Cronbach’s α=0.94 ++ on EQ-5D
++ on PANSS
Auquier et al (2003)196
Quality of Life in Schizophrenia (QLiS) and Short Form (QiLS-SF) Franz et al (2012),60 Franz et al (2013),61 Senin et al (2017)129 HRQoL 54 items; higher score=better QOL English ++ ICC ≥0.7 ++ on WHOQOL BREF
++ on SWN-K
Franz et al (2012)60
The Quality of Life for Mental Disorders (QoLMD) Chiu and Lee (2018),43 Yee et al (2017)144 HRQoL 45 items, 8 domains (each domain scored separately); higher score=better HRQoL Chinese ++ Cronbach’s α >0.7 N/A Yu (1995)199
Schizophrenia Quality of Life Questionnaire-Short Form (SQoL18) Baumstarck et al (2013),29 Boyer et al (2010),35 Caqueo-Urizar et al (2014),38 Girard et al (2016)64 QoL 18 items; score of 100=best possible QoL French, English, Spanish ++ Cronbach’s α: 0.72–0.88 +++ on SQoL
++ on EQ-5D
+ SF-36
Boyer et al (2010)35
Riedel-Spellmann-Musil Scale (RSM) Riedel et al (2009),232 Riedel et al (2011)125 QoL 36 items; complete scoring details unavailable at time of publication German, English +++ Cronbach’s α (self)=0.917
Cronbach’s α (observer)=0.915
+++ on QLS
+++ on SWN-K
Riedel et al (2011)125
Satisfaction with Life Domains Scale (for Schizophrenia) (SLDS) Azaiez et al (2018),25 Carlson et al (2009)235 QoL 7-point Likert scale; score range: 5–35; lower score=worse QoL (20=neutral point) English ++ Cronbach’s α=0.84 N/A Diener et al (1985)197
Assessment of Lifespan Functioning Attainment (ALFA) Joseph et al (2015)82 Symptomatic 5 domains, combination of duration in state and binary score English N/A + to ++ on SANS for different domains
+++ on QoLI
Joseph et al (2015)82
The Patient-Reported Experience of Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia (PRECIS) Rosen et al (2018),126 Welch et al (2017)142 Emotional/psychological wellbeing 35 items, 8 domains; scored on a 5-point scale English +++ Cronbach’s α=0.942
ICC=0.78
N/A Welch et al (2017)142
Personal Evaluation of Transitions in Treatment (PETiT) Rajagopalan et al (2014)124 Treatment-related 30 items; higher score=better treatment outcome English +++ Cronbach’s α=0.92
ICC=0.97
+ on PANSS (0.18)
+ on QLS (0.21)
+ on GAF (0.24)
Voruganti and Awad (2002)200
Schizophrenia Cognition Rating Scale (SCoRS) Keefe et al (2004)151 Cognition 18 items; higher score=greater degree of impairment English ++ Cronbach’s
α=0.79
ICC ≥0.81
+ on BACS
+ on ILSI
+ on UPSA
Keefe et al (2004)151
Clinical Global Impressions Scale-Cognition in Schizophrenia (CGI-CogS) Ventura et al (2008)153 Cognition 38 items; higher score=greater degree of impairment English +++ Cronbach’s α (self)=0.93
Cronbach’s α (caregiver)=0.96
Cronbach’s α
(rater)=0.95
ICC ≥0.92
++ on NCS Ventura et al (2008)153
Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool for Schizophrenia (B-CATS) Bell et al (2005),148 Hurford et al (2011),149 Hurford et al (2018)150 Cognition 3 domains; composite score is a mean z-score of the 3 English ++ Cronbach’s
α=0.73
ICC=0.82
+ on FES study battery
+ on CHOR study battery
Hurford et al (2011)149

BACS: Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia; CDSS: Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia; CHOR: clozapine, haloperidol, olanzapine, and risperidone; EQ-5D: EuroQol-5 Dimensions; FES: first-episode; GAF: Global Assessment of Functioning; GHQ-12: 12-item General Health Questionnaire; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HRQoL: health-related quality of life; ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; N/A: not available; NCS: Cogtest Neurocognitive Composite Score; PANSS: Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale; PRO: patient-reported outcome; QLS: Quality of Life Scale; QoL: quality of life; QoLI: Quality of Life Interview; SANS: Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms; SF-36: 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; SWN-K: Subjective Wellbeing Under Neuroleptic Treatment Scale-Short Version; UPSA: Performance-Based Assessment of Functioning; WHOQOL-BREF: World Health Organization Quality of Life Scale