Patient_Reported_Outcome_Measures_in_Rheumatic_Diseases

Table 10.3

Characteristics of recommended PROMs for hand OA

PROM

Dimensions evaluated ( indicates OMERACT core domain

)

Intended population

How to administer

Patient burden

Scoring

How to obtain

Available language translations

Specifi c for hand OA

AUSCAN

Pain

Hand OA

Patient-completed or interviewer-administered

• 15 items


• 5 min to score

http://www.auscan.org

(licensing and fee information, permission to use)

Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Spanish

Stiffness

• Pain (5)


• 
  

Manual or computer calculation (sum of all items in each subscale)

Physical function

(ADL)

• Stiffness (1)


• 
  

3 individual subscales

• Function (9)


• 
  

Likert version:

Recall previous 48 h

• Pain 0–20
  
  
  • 3–7 min to
  
  
  
  

complete

• Stiffness 0–4 – Function 0–36 •

VAS version:

• Pain 0–500 – Stiffness 0–100 – Function 0–900 •

Higher scores indicate worse pain, stiffness, or function