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ReviewQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2019

Individualized health-related quality of life instrument Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile (MYMOP) and its adaptations: a critical appraisal.

Sana Ishaque, Jeffrey A Johnson, Sunita Vohra

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Review in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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  4. Adaptation and content validation of measure yourself medical outcomes profile (MYMOP) for 7-11 year-old children.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024
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Sana IshaqueSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8184-3485
Jeffrey A JohnsonSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Sunita VohraFaculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. svohra@ualberta.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHealth-related quality of life (HRQL) is increasingly recognized for its importance in health research. As there is increasing recognition of the inter-individual difference in response to therapeutic interventions, it may be helpful to apply individualized measures of HRQL. The MYMOP is a commonly used example of such measures, although several adaptations have been developed.

objectiveThis review was conducted to identify adaptations of MYMOP, and evaluate the measurement properties of MYMOP and its adaptations.

methodsAdaptations were identified using MYMOP website and personal communication, supplemented by a SCOPUS search in April 2017. Bibliographies of included studies were hand-searched. COSMIN criteria were used to evaluate the measurement properties.

resultsSixteen studies were included in this review. Adaptations were developed to evaluate individualized therapies in cancer, psychiatry, and acupuncture. The included measures were MYMOP, measure yourself concern and wellbeing, psychological outcome profiles (PSYCHLOPS), and MYMOP-pictorial (MYMOP-P). The quality of the measurement properties varied; none of the included measures met all currently recommended quality criteria for measurement properties.

conclusionCurrent literature provides evidence that MYMOP and its adaptations offer individualized assessment of patient-centered outcomes, and thereby provide a means to understand heterogeneity of treatment effects. However, current recommendations for psychometric testing suggest further validation of these measures would be beneficial.

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Treatment OutcomeHumansPsychometricsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesDomain specificHealth-related quality of lifeHRQLHRQOLIndividualizedPatient-centeredQOL patient-generatedQuality of life

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