Routine patient assessment and the use of patient-reported outcomes in specialized palliative care in Japan

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 3 Opinions about PROs of healthcare providers in institutions that routinely use PROMs

	Participants routinely using PROMs (n = 108)		Participants not routinely using PROMs (n = 350)		p-value
	n	%	n	%	p-value
Useful in symptom management	99	92	276	79	0.002*
Patients cannot be assessed when their disease progresses	74	69	260	74	0.27
Influenced by the patient's level of cognitive function	57	53	215	61	0.12
Burdensome on patients	37	34	143	41	0.26
Time consuming in terms of explaining how to complete the form	25	23	77	22	0.79
Burdensome on healthcare providers	27	25	47	13	0.007*
Worries about addressing the reported symptoms	20	19	41	12	0.08
Healthcare provider can evaluate outcomes even if the patient does not self-evaluate	6	6	30	9	0.41
Not useful for symptom management	2	2	14	4	0.38