Quality of life is a key outcome that is not rigorously measured in obesity treatment research due to the lack of standardization of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and PRO measures (PROMs). The S.Q.O.T. initiative was founded to Standardize Quality of life measurement in Obesity Treatment. A first face-to-face, international, multidisciplinary consensus meeting was conducted to identify the key PROs and preferred PROMs for obesity treatment research. It comprised of 35 people living with obesity (PLWO) and healthcare providers (HCPs). Formal presentations, nominal group techniques, and modified Delphi exercises were used to develop consensus-based recommendations. The following eight PROs were considered important: self-esteem, physical health/functioning, mental/psychological health, social health, eating, stigma, body image, and excess skin. Self-esteem was considered the most important PRO, particularly for PLWO, while physical health was perceived to be the most important among HCPs. For each PRO, one or more PROMs were selected, except for stigma. This consensus meeting was a first step toward standardizing PROs (what to measure) and PROMs (how to measure) in obesity treatment research. It provides an overview of the key PROs and a first selection of the PROMs that can be used to evaluate these PROs
AimThe objectives were twofold: (i) to identify key aspects of QoL (PROs) relevant to be measured in studies on treatment of obesity and (ii) to standardize the future collection of patient-reported data in such studies by agreeing on preferred PROM.
ContributorsClaire E. E. de Vries, Caroline B. Terwee, May Al Nawas, Bart A. van Wagensveld, Ignace M. C. Janssen, Ronald S. L. Liem, Simon W. Nienhuijs, Ricardo V. Cohen, Elisabeth F. C. van Rossum, Wendy A. Brown, Amir A. Ghaferi, Johan Ottosson, Karen D. Coulman, Tarissa B. Z. Petry, Stephanie Sogg, Lisa West-Smith, Jason C. G. Halford, Ximena Ramos Salas, John B. Dixon, Salman Al-Sabah, Wei-Jei Lee, John Roger Andersen, Stuart W. Flint, Maarten M. Hoogbergen, Brooke Backman, Ellen Govers, Nadya Isack, Caroline Clay, Susie Birney, Maureen Gunn, Paul Masterson, Audrey Roberts, Jacky Nesbitt, Riccardo Meloni, Sarah le Brocq, Sandra de Blaeij, Christina Kraaijveld, Floor van der Steen, Bibian Visser, Petra Hamers, Valerie M. Monpellier
Disease Category: Endocrine & metabolic
Disease Name: Obesity
Age Range: Unknown
Sex: Either
Nature of Intervention: Any
- Clinical experts
- Consumers (patients)
- Other
- COS (Other)
- Consensus meeting
- Delphi process
- Nominal group technique (NGT)
- Survey
- Systematic review
A systematic review was carried out and then 2 prioritization surveys were formed based on the PROs extracted from the systematic review. A 2 day consensus meeting was then held. The consensus process was an orientation with formal presentations, a group discussion using nominal group techniques, and Delphi exercises.