Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Pediatric Orthopaedics

(1)Health-related quality of life is the primary outcome that patient-reported outcome measures aim to quantify.(2)Validity is a critical concept in assessing the quality of PROMs, particularly content, construct, and criterion validity.(3)Generic PROMs can be applied to anyone, while condition-specific PROMs target the details most important to a specific population.(4)PROMs are significantly underutilized in pediatric orthopaedics, with a paucity of high-quality, condition-specific PROMs in the specialty.(5)PROM development, selection, and assessment should be aided by using available tools and protocols.