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