Measuring needs-based quality of life and self-perceived health inequity in patients with multimorbidity: investigating psychometric measurement properties of the MultiMorbidity Questionnaire (MMQ) using primarily Rasch models

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 1 Domains and preliminary items of the draft MultiMorbidity Questionnaire (MMQ)

Domains	Number of items
Needs-based QoL (MMQ1)
Physical ability	10
Worries	11
Limitations in everyday life	15
My social life	11
Self-image	12
Personal finances	2
Self-perceived inequity (MMQ2)^a
Experience of being stigmatised	5
Experience of not being seen and heard	4
Insufficient understanding of the burden of disease	3
Experience of powerlessness	5

^aThe relevant items of the MMQ2 are repeated in encounters with their (1) general practitioner (GP), (2) staff at their GP’ surgery, (3) other healthcare professionals, (4) local authorities, (5) family, friends and others