Patient-reported outcome measurement in community-acquired pneumonia: feasibility of routine application in an elderly hospitalized population

Table 2 Patient-reported outcome measure completion time and missing data by instrument and mode of collection

			EQ-5D	LLFDI	CAP-Sym 18
Completion time (minutes) (median, [IQ range])	Admission face-to-face (n = 44)		3 [2–5]	10 [6–11]	4 [2.5–5]
Completion time (minutes) (median, [IQ range])	30-day phone (n = 34)		3 [2–5]	10 [7–13]	3 [2–5]
Missing data (n/N * (%))	Instrument level	Face-to-face	0/87 (0%)	0/44 (0%)	0/87 (0%)
		Phone	20/78 (25.6%)	10/44 (22.7%)	20/78 (25.6%)
		Mail	12/20 (60.0%)	7/10 (70.0%)	14/20 (70.0%)
	Item level†: No. of items with > 5% missing values	Face-to-face	0/6 (0%)	0/32 (0%)	0/18 (0%)
		Phone	0/6 (0%)	2/32 (6.25%)	0/18 (0%)
		Mail	0/6 (0%)	0/32 (0%)	0/18 (0%)

Abbreviations: CAP-Sym 18 CAP-Symptom Questionnaire (18-item version), EQ-5D EuroQol Questionnaire, IQ interquartile, LLFDI Late Life Function and Disability Instrument
^*For instrument level data, the denominator represents the total number of occasions the instrument was attempted via that mode. Numbers differ between instruments because the LLFDI was only completed on admission and at 30 days
†For item level data, the denominator represents the number of items in that instrument

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