PROs: Patient Reported Outcomes as measures of Allergy management

摘要

During the last decades, clinicians and researchers have recognized the importance of considering the patient' viewpoint in order to gain a better understanding of patient's subjective evaluation with respect to elements concerning his health condition. The attention for the subjective dimension of health was driven by the necessity to go beyond the limits of "disease-centred medicine", because, as underlined by the WHO Health Report, nowadays "people-centredness is not a luxury, it is a necessity".The expression Patient-Reported Outcomes (PROs) is used to refer to all health-related reports coming from the patient, such as symptoms, health related quality of life (HRQoL), illness perception, satisfaction, adherence to treatment, without involvement or interpretation by physician or others, like, for instance, caregivers or parents.