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Health-related quality of life outcomes for patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Health-related quality of life outcomes for patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare disease with infrequent serious bleeding making clinical trials difficult. One solution to this problem is to use alternative outcome measures such as health-related quality of life (HRQL). This review describes the various HRQL tools available to researchers including measures that are generic (applicable to many different disease types) and disease-specific measures developed explicitly for ITP specifically detailing the Kids' ITP Tools and the ITP-patient administered questionnaire. This review describes how incorporating HRQL tools such as these will allow researchers to move forward and do methodologically sound research. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Hematology Springer Journals

Health-related quality of life outcomes for patients with immune thrombocytopenic purpura

Annals of Hematology , Volume 89 (1) – Jul 1, 2010

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Oncology ; Hematology
ISSN
0939-5555
eISSN
1432-0584
DOI
10.1007/s00277-010-0981-6
pmid
20461516
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Abstract

Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a rare disease with infrequent serious bleeding making clinical trials difficult. One solution to this problem is to use alternative outcome measures such as health-related quality of life (HRQL). This review describes the various HRQL tools available to researchers including measures that are generic (applicable to many different disease types) and disease-specific measures developed explicitly for ITP specifically detailing the Kids' ITP Tools and the ITP-patient administered questionnaire. This review describes how incorporating HRQL tools such as these will allow researchers to move forward and do methodologically sound research.

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Annals of HematologySpringer Journals

Published: Jul 1, 2010

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