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Meaning of Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) severity score bands: a cross-sectional online study in the UK

Shah, Rubina, Finlay, Andrew Y ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2143-1646, Salek, Sam M, Nixon, Stuart J, Otwombe, Kennedy, Ali, Faraz M and Ingram, John R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5257-1142 2023. Meaning of Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) severity score bands: a cross-sectional online study in the UK. BMJ Open 13 (3) , e066168. 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066168

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Abstract

Objective To assign clinical meanings to the Family Reported Outcome Measure (FROM-16) scores through the development of score bands using the anchor-based approach. Design and setting A cross-sectional online study recruited participants through UK-based patient support groups, research support platforms (HealthWise Wales, Autism Research Centre-Cambridge University database, Join Dementia Research) and through social service departments in Wales. Participants Family members/partners (aged ≥18 years) of patients with different health conditions. Intervention Family members/partners of patients completed the FROM-16 questionnaire and a Global Question (GQ). Main outcome measure Various FROM-16 band sets were devised as a result of mapping of mean, median and mode of the GQ scores to FROM-16 total score, and receiver operating characteristic-area under the curve cut-off values. The band set with the best agreement with GQ based on weighted kappa was selected. Results A total of 4413 family members/partners (male=1533, 34.7%; female=2858, 64.8%; Prefer not to say=16, 0.4%; other=6, 0.14%) of people with a health condition (male=1994, 45.2%; female=2400, 54.4%; Prefer not to say=12, 0.3%; other=7, 0.16%) completed the online survey: mean FROM-16 score=15.02 (range 0–32, SD=8.08), mean GQ score=2.32 (range 0–4, SD=1.08). The proposed FROM-16 score bandings are: 0–1=no effect on the quality of life of family member; 2–8=small effect on family member; 9–16=moderate effect on family member; 17–25=very large effect on family member; 26–32=extremely large effect on family member (weighted kappa=0.60). Conclusion The FROM-16 score descriptor bands provide new information to clinicians about interpreting scores and score changes, allowing better-informed treatment decisions for patients and their families. The score banding of FROM-16, along with a short administration time, demonstrates its potential to support holistic clinical practice.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Published Online
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN: 2044-6055
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 27 March 2023
Date of Acceptance: 2 February 2023
Last Modified: 03 May 2023 02:38
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/158015

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