Psychometric validation of the dysmenorrhea daily diary (DysDD): a patient-reported outcome for dysmenorrhea

• Published in: Quality of life research Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 2041 - 2055
• Main Authors: Nguyen, Allison M., Arbuckle, Rob, Korver, Tjeerd, Chen, Fang, Taylor, Beverley, Trunbull, Alice, Norquist, Josephine M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer 01.08.2017; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Clinical outcomes; Dysmenorrhea - therapy; Female; Humans; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Menstruation; Middle Aged; Patient assessment; Patient Reported Outcome Measures; Psychometrics - methods; Public Health; Quality of life; Quality of Life - psychology; Quality of Life Research; Quantitative psychology; Reproducibility of Results; Sociology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Psychometric evaluation; Patient-reported outcome; Electronic diary; Symptom assessment

Purpose The objective of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Dysmenorrhea Daily Diary (DysDD), an electronic patient-reported outcome, in a sample of 355 women with primary dysmenorrhea enrolled in a phase IIb, multicenter, randomized, partially blinded, placebo-controlled...