Table 2.
Characteristics of the included articles.
General characteristics | Value | ||
Unique PROMsa identified, n | 238 | ||
Unique countries identified, n | 53b | ||
Unique languages identified, n | 35c | ||
Sample size,d n (%) | |||
|
<30 | 6 (2.42) | |
|
30-49 | 6 (2.42) | |
|
50-99 | 24 (9.68) | |
|
>100 | 203 (81.85) | |
Mean aged (years), n (%) | |||
|
30-39 | 3 (1.21) | |
|
40-49 | 10 (4.03) | |
|
50-59 | 108 (43.55) | |
|
60-69 | 80 (32.26) | |
|
≥70 | 11 (4.44) | |
Proportion of males,e n (%) | |||
|
<0.5 | 114 (45.97) | |
|
0.5 < x <0.6 | 83 (33.47) | |
|
0.6 < x < 0.7 | 25 (10.08) | |
|
0.7 < x < 0.8 | 3 (1.21) | |
|
0.8 < x < 0.9 | 2 (0.81) | |
Disease characteristics: disease duration (years),e n (%) | |||
|
0 < mean disease duration < 10 | 73 (29.44) | |
|
10 < mean disease duration < 20 | 67 (27.02) | |
|
20 < mean disease duration < 30 | 1 (0.40) |
aPROMs: patient-reported outcome measures.
bSome countries were not reported.
cSome languages were not reported.
dInclusive of multiple studies reported on the same sample.
eSome values were reported as median and range or were not reported.