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Table 4 Criteria for selecting patient-based outcome measures [65]

From: Can asthma control be improved by understanding the patient's perspective?

Criteria

Comments

Appropriateness

Match to the specific purpose and question to be addressed

Reliability

Reproducible and internally consistent

Validity

Measures what it purports to measure

Responsiveness

Sensitivity to changes of importance to patients

Precision

Number and accuracy of distinctions made by the instrument

Interpretability

How meaningful the scores are

Acceptability

How acceptable to the respondents

Feasibility

Effort, burden and disruption to staff and clinical care