The quality of the PROMs varied greatly , with Satisfaction most commonly measured utilizing non-st and ardized locally-devised tools ; the EuroQol five-dimensions question naire ( EuroQoL-5D ) and 36-Item Short-Form ( SF-36 ) cited most frequently to capture QoL ; and the Visual Analogue Scale ( VAS ) to capture Pain .
APPs utilized a multiplicity of PROMs across a range of MSK disorders .
OBJECTIVE Advanced practice physiotherapists ( APPs ) , also known as extended scope physiotherapists , provide a new model of service delivery for musculoskeletal ( MSK ) disorders .
Research to date has largely focused on health service efficiencies , with less emphasis on patient outcomes .
The present systematic review aim ed to identify the  patient-reported outcome measures ( PROMs ) being utilized by APPs .
Reliability of pain scales in the assessment of literate and illiterate patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
The assessment of a measure of chronic pain , should be reliable , valid and sensitive to change . Our study evaluated the reliability of 3 pain scales , visual analogue scale ( VAS ) , numerical rating scale ( NRS ) and verbal rating scale ( VRS )  in literate and illiterate patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( RA ) . Patients with RA attending an outpatient rheumatology clinic were interviewed and asked to score their pain levels on the 3 pain scales . The scales were presented in r and om order , twice , before and just after a regular medical consultation . Ninety-one patients were studied ( 25 illiterate and 66 literate ) . The Pearson product moment correlation between first and second assessment was 0.937 for VAS , 0.963 for NRS and 0.901 for VRS in the literate patient group and 0.712 for VAS , 0.947 for NRS and 0.820 for VRS in the illiterate patient group . These results indicate that the NRS has the higher reliability in both groups of patients
The quality of the PROMs varied greatly , with Satisfaction most commonly measured utilizing non-st and ardized locally-devised tools ; the EuroQol five-dimensions question naire ( EuroQoL-5D ) and 36-Item Short-Form ( SF-36 ) cited most frequently to capture QoL ; and the Visual Analogue Scale ( VAS ) to capture Pain .
APPs utilized a multiplicity of PROMs across a range of MSK disorders .
OBJECTIVE Advanced practice physiotherapists ( APPs ) , also known as extended scope physiotherapists , provide a new model of service delivery for musculoskeletal ( MSK ) disorders .
Research to date has largely focused on health service efficiencies , with less emphasis on patient outcomes .
The present systematic review aim ed to identify the  patient-reported outcome measures ( PROMs ) being utilized by APPs .