Current Status and Role of Patient-reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) in Endourology

Abstract

Kidney stone disease can have a number of adverse effects on patients including quality of life. Studies assessing outcome measures in this area have largely been focused on objective assessments such as stone free rate. However, as part of the evolution to shift healthcare to a more patient centered position, patient-reported outcome measures have emerged as an improved tool to address this deficit. Key patient-reported outcome measures in Urology now include Ureteral Stent Symptom Questionnaire, Wisconsin Stone QoL Questionnaire, Cambridge Ureteric Stone PROM, Cambridge Renal Stone PROM, and Urinary Stones and Intervention Quality of Life. This article serves to provide an overview of these tools and help delineate their role in current practice.