Advances in Patient-Reported Outcomes

Advances in Patient-Reported Outcomes (APRO), the official journal of the PROMIS Health Organization, is an open access, peer-reviewed, international, multidisciplinary journal offering rapid publication of scientifically accurate, timely, and relevant clinical and methodological content that advances the science and application of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). We aim to promote value in health care through assessment of outcomes that matter to patients and by supporting the voice of the patient in clinical decision making, quality improvement, and research.

The PROMIS journal considers original educational papers, current concepts, study protocols, research manuscripts, (systematic) reviews, commentaries on articles, and letters to the editor. The journal also publishes editorials, special issues, and conference abstracts.

Examples of papers that will be considered for publication are:

• Research on the (comparative) effects of clinical interventions on patient-reported health outcomes measured by PROMIS or other high-quality PROMs.

• Research on methods and effects of using PROMs in clinical practice.

• Research on quality of health care improvement approaches using PROMs.

• Methodological research on the development, translation, validation, and implementation of high-quality patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). We prefer research on widely applicable PROMs, and PROMs developed using item response theory.

• Methodological and educational papers on item response theory and computerized adaptive testing.

• Methodological, educational, and clinical papers on the (use of) Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS).

• Research on the optimal selection and use of different outcome measurement instruments in relation to their content and psychometric properties