AUTHOR=Cramon Per Karkov , Bjorner Jakob Bue , Groenvold Mogens , Boesen Victor Brun , Bonnema Steen Joop , Hegedüs Laszlo , Feldt-Rasmussen Ulla , Rasmussen Åse Krogh , Watt Torquil TITLE=Implementation of thyroid-related patient-reported outcomes in routine clinical practice JOURNAL=Frontiers in Endocrinology VOLUME=13 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/endocrinology/articles/10.3389/fendo.2022.1000682 DOI=10.3389/fendo.2022.1000682 ISSN=1664-2392 ABSTRACT=

Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly used in clinical practice to improve clinical care. Multiple studies show that systematic use of PROs can enhance communication with patients and improve patient satisfaction, symptom management and quality of life. Further, such data can be aggregated to examine health levels for patient groups, improve quality of care, and compare patient outcomes at the institutional, regional or national level. However, there are barriers and challenges that should be handled appropriately to achieve successful implementation of PROs in routine clinical practice. This paper briefly overviews thyroid-related PROs, describes unsolved quality of life issues in benign thyroid diseases, provides examples of routine collection of PROs, and summarizes key points facilitating successful implementation of thyroid-related PROs in routine clinical practice. Finally, the paper touches upon future directions of PRO research.