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Table 2 Candidate PROMs for patients with BLTC identified by systematic literature review

From: Development of a set of patient reported outcome measures for patients with benign liver tumours and cysts: patient focus groups and systematic review

Author (year)

Pts (n)

SF-36

SF-12

EQ-5D

QLQ-C30

McGill

Other

Custom

Gall (2009)

102‡

Yes§

–

–

–

–

 

Telephone assessment of recurrent symptoms

Loehe (2010)

99

–

–

–

–

Yes§

–

Symptom type (abdominal pain, six categories of vegetative symptoms and two categories of dyspnea) and severity (5-point scale)

Schnelldorfer (2010)

289

–

–

–

–

–

–

Subjective health status, quality of life (5-point scale), symptoms and complications

Kamphues (2011)

43

–

–

–

Yes

–

 

Telephone assessment of recurrent symptoms, question if patients undergo surgery again

Kneuertz (2012)

179‡

Yes§

–

–

Yes§

Yes§

QLQ-LMC21§

Subjective feelings towards surgery

Van Aalten (2012)†

50

–

Yes

Yes

 

–

STAI-6, IES

–

Scheuerlein (2013)

56

–

–

–

–

–

 

Symptoms, quality of life and medical history

Yedibela (2013)

246

–

–

Yes

–

–

 

–

Giuliani (2014)

75‡

Yes

–

–

–

–

–

–

Hau (2015)

100

Yes§

–

–

Yes§

Yes

 

–

Qiu (2015)

730

Yes

–

–

–

–

 

–

Klompenhouwer (2016)

48

–

Yes

–

–

–

LDSI 2.0

–

Van Rosmalen (2016)

40

–

–

–

–

Yes§

VAS pain

Change in complaints or new complaints after surgery, questions if patients would undergo surgery again

Kisiel (2017)

92

–

–

–

–

–

 

Telephone assessment of procedure efficacy and immediate symptom relief, clinically significant recurrent symptoms, and overall satisfaction

Perrakis (2017)

227

–

–

Yes

–

–

 

–

De Reuver (2018)

95

Yes

–

–

–

–

Gastrointestinal QoL index

Treatment satisfaction, persisting symptoms and additional therapy; and telephone assessment of symptoms

Janssen (2019)

88

–

–

–

Yes

–

 

–

Liu (2019)

205

Yes

–

–

–

–

 

–

Wijnands (2018) and Neijenhuis (2019)

34

Yes

–

Yes

–

–

VAS overall health, PLD-Q

Change in health on 5-point scale

Armstrong (2020)

74

–

–

–

–

–

FACT-Hep, PRISM

–

Ali Metwally (2020)

31‡

Yes

–

–

–

–

–

Body image satisfaction questionnaire

Xu (2020)

49

Yes

–

–

–

–

–

–

  1. EQ-5D = EuroQol Five Dimensions Health Questionnaire, FACT-HEP = Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy – Hepatobiliary, LDSI = Liver Disease Symptom Index, QLQ-LMC21 = Quality of Life questionnaire Liver Metastases Colorectal Module (by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer), McGill = McGill Pain Questionnaire, PLD-Q = polycystic liver disease questionnaire, PRISM = Patient-reported Impact of Scars Measure, pts = patients, QLQ-C30 = Core Quality of Life questionnaire (by European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer), SF-12 and SF-36 = Short Form Health Survey (with 12 and 36 questions, respectively), VAS = visual analogue scale
  2. †Indicates a study protocol of which the final results were not yet published
  3. ‡Others included were: 4 cystadeno(carcino)ma (Gall), 9 cystadenoma and 6 other not specified (Kneuertz), 48 solid and 27 cystic benign liver lesions not otherwise specified (Giuliani) and 5 cystadenoma and 3 abscesses (Ali Metwally)
  4. §PROM was used in modified form