Abstract
Objective
To identify patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for intermittent self-catheterization
(ISC) users, critically assess and summarize the quality of the measurement properties,
and describe the application scenarios on each instrument.
Data Sources
PubMed, EMBASE, Medline, PsycINFO, and relevant reference lists were systematically
searched through December 2019 (updated May 2020).
Study Selection
Two reviewers independently identified original English language publications that
evaluated the psychometric properties of specific PROMs used in ISC patients.
Data Extraction
The following data were obtained: author and publication year, content of domains
and subscales, number of items, response options, constructs measured, language, and
information on measurement properties.
Data Synthesis
Eleven publications were deemed eligible, including 6 PROMs for measuring patients’
ISC-related quality of life, self-confidence, satisfaction, difficulties, acceptance,
and adherence to treatment. The Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire provided
the most detail, and the Intermittent Catheterization Acceptance Test could be evaluated
on the most consensus-based standards for the selection of health status measurement
instrument properties.
Conclusions
Several tools are available for ISC users, but at present there is no comprehensive,
concise, and robust instrument with good psychometric properties. Further research
on psychometric properties is needed to verify the remaining properties of existing
scales and to develop novel tools for clinicians, researchers, and patients.
Keywords
List of abbreviations:
COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement INstrument), ICAS (Intermittent Catheterization Adherence Scale), ICAT (Intermittent Catheterization Acceptance Test), ICDQ (Intermittent Catheterization Difficulty Questionnaire), InCaSaQ (Intermittent Catheterization Satisfaction Questionnaire), ISC (intermittent self-catheterization), ISCQ (Intermittent Self-Catheterization Questionnaire), MP (measurement property), MQ (methodological quality), NLUTD (neurogenic lower urinary tract dysfunction), PRO (patient-reported outcome), PROM (patient-reported outcome measure), QOL (quality of life), SCSCISC (Self-Confidence Scale for Clean Intermittent Self-Catheterization)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: April 08, 2021
Accepted:
March 19,
2021
Received in revised form:
January 14,
2021
Received:
August 13,
2020
Footnotes
Supported by a grant from the Tianjin Medical University Second Hospital (grant no. 2019ydey22).
Disclosures: none.
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© 2021 Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of The American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine.
