Outcomes of the first global multidisciplinary consensus meeting including persons living with obesity to standardize patient-reported outcome measurement in obesity treatment research.

Claire E E de Vries; Caroline B Terwee; May Al Nawas; Bart A van Wagensveld; Ignace M C Janssen; Ronald S L Liem; Simon W Nienhuijs; Ricardo V Cohen; Elisabeth F C van Rossum; Wendy A Brown; Amir A Ghaferi; Johan Ottosson; Karen D Coulman; Tarissa B Z Petry; Stephanie Sogg; Lisa West-Smith; Jason C G Halford; Ximena Ramos Salas; John B Dixon; Salman Al-Sabah; Wei-Jei Lee; John Roger Andersen; Stuart W Flint; Maarten M Hoogbergen; Brooke Backman; Ellen Govers; Nadya Isack; Caroline Clay; Susie Birney; Maureen Gunn; Paul Masterson; Audrey Roberts; Jacky Nesbitt; Riccardo Meloni; Sarah le Brocq; Sandra de Blaeij; Christina Kraaijveld; Floor van der Steen; Bibian Visser; Petra Hamers; Valerie M Monpellier
Abstract
Quality of life is a key outcome that is not rigorously measured in obesity treatment research due to the lack of standardization of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and PRO measures (PROMs). The S.Q.O.T. initiative was founded to Standardize Quality of life measurement in Obesity Treatment. A first face-to-face, international, multidisciplinary consensus meeting was conducted to identify the key PROs and preferred PROMs for obesity treatment research. It comprised of 35 people living with obesity (PLWO) and healthcare providers (HCPs). Formal presentations, nominal group techniques, and modified Delphi exercises were used to develop consensus-based recommendations. The following eight PROs were considered important: self-esteem, physical health/functioning, mental/psychological health, social health, eating, stigma, body image, and excess skin. Self-esteem was considered the most important PRO, particularly for PLWO, while physical health was perceived to be the most important among HCPs. For each PRO, one or more PROMs were selected, except for stigma. This consensus meeting was a first step toward standardizing PROs (what to measure) and PROMs (how to measure) in obesity treatment research. It provides an overview of the key PROs and a first selection of the PROMs that can be used to evaluate these PROs.
Journal OBESITY REVIEWS : AN OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF OBESITY
ISSN 1467-789X
Published 01 Aug 2022
Volume 23
Issue 8
Pages e13452 e13452
DOI 10.1111/obr.13452
Type Journal Article | Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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