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. 2017 Apr 27;15:86. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0666-0

Table 1.

Criteria for the selection of PRO measures for detailed review and psychometric evaluation

Criterion Include Exclude
Setting • Used in an infertility treatment setting • Used to assess the QoL/psychological health of people living with female infertility but not receiving treatment
Intended population/context of use • Designed specifically to assess the QoL/treatment satisfaction/psychological health of individuals affected by female infertility • It is a general QoL/treatment satisfaction/psychological health assessment tool that can be used in multiple disease areas
Treatment type • It is not treatment-specific • It is treatment-specific
Previous use in the literature • Has been used by at least two separate research groupsa • Used in multiple publications but by a singular research group
Language • Available in an English-language version • Not available in an English-language version
Psychometric data • Psychometric assessment of the PRO conducted, published in the literature, and accessible for use • Psychometric assessment not conducted
• Psychometric assessment conducted but results are not accessible in the literature

PRO patient reported outcome, QoL quality of life

aThe authors of the publications of at least two studies using the PRO do not overlap

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