With the “Patient Reported Outcome” (PRO) questionnaire, Danish patients can report to a hospital about the course of the disease, Euronews reports (link in German). Patients can improve her knowledge of their own health condition and the quality of the upcoming consultation with doctor.
The questionnaires were originally introduced in neurology and then expanded to other medical fields. The online questionnaire contains questions about specific symptoms, health-related quality of life and everyday situations. The main advantages of PROs, as reported by Euronews, include time savings, patient involvement, better adaptation of therapy, better quality of health information collected.