ArticleBMJ open2023
Meaning of Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) severity score bands: a cross-sectional online study in the UK.
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- Beyond the burden: Measuring the quality of life impact of Parkinson's on family members/partners using FROM-16.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2026Article
- Psychometric validation of the Spanish for Ecuador Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) and its application to measure impact on family members of patients with skin diseases.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2025Article
- Validation of the FROM-16 in family members of patients receiving advanced therapy medicinal product (ATMP).Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Families of adults with idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy: psychosocial impact and contribution to symptom management.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2025Article
- Comparison of the impact of type 1 and type 2 diabetes on quality of life of families of patients: A UK cross-sectional study.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Article
- Chronic dermatoses affect not only sick individuals: a review of family and caregiver burden assessment tools.Postepy dermatologii i alergologii · 2024Review
- Responsiveness and minimal important change of the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16).Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2024Article
- Multiple sclerosis greatly impacts family members/partners: Evidence using the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16).Multiple sclerosis journal - experimental, translational and clinicalArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo assign clinical meanings to the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) scores through the development of score bands using the anchor-based approach. DESIGN AND
settingA cross-sectional online study recruited participants through UK-based patient support groups, research support platforms (HealthWise Wales, Autism Research Centre-Cambridge University database, Join Dementia Research) and through social service departments in Wales.
participantsFamily members/partners (aged ≥18 years) of patients with different health conditions.
interventionFamily members/partners of patients completed the FROM-16 questionnaire and a Global Question (GQ).
main outcome measureVarious FROM-16 band sets were devised as a result of mapping of mean, median and mode of the GQ scores to FROM-16 total score, and receiver operating characteristic-area under the curve cut-off values. The band set with the best agreement with GQ based on weighted kappa was selected.
resultsA total of 4413 family members/partners (male=1533, 34.7%; female=2858, 64.8%; Prefer not to say=16, 0.4%; other=6, 0.14%) of people with a health condition (male=1994, 45.2%; female=2400, 54.4%; Prefer not to say=12, 0.3%; other=7, 0.16%) completed the online survey: mean FROM-16 score=15.02 (range 0-32, SD=8.08), mean GQ score=2.32 (range 0-4, SD=1.08). The proposed FROM-16 score bandings are: 0-1=no effect on the quality of life of family member; 2-8=small effect on family member; 9-16=moderate effect on family member; 17-25=very large effect on family member; 26-32=extremely large effect on family member (weighted kappa=0.60).
conclusionThe FROM-16 score descriptor bands provide new information to clinicians about interpreting scores and score changes, allowing better-informed treatment decisions for patients and their families. The score banding of FROM-16, along with a short administration time, demonstrates its potential to support holistic clinical practice.
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