PTA10 Effective Reporting of Scales, Questionnaires and VAS

This workshop explains the use of assessments in treatment outcomes that cannot easily be measured objectively. Typical examples are patient or physician questionnaires and visual analogue scales. These are often used in psychiatry, pain studies, or quality of life research where objective measurements are not possible or difficult. The reporting of these “soft endpoints” has some pitfalls, often providing a huge amount of data that is difficult to analyse, interpret, and communicate. Given the growing importance of psychiatry and patient focused quality of life research, reporting outcomes of subjective scales and questionnaires are becoming more and more important for medical writers.

Participant profile: This workshop addresses writers dealing with or interested in areas of clinical research, such as psychiatry, pain, quality of life, or patient reported outcomes, where “soft” endpoints are often used to assess treatments. Participants should have at least 1 year of medical writing experience and should already have written a study report or a manuscript based on the results of clinical studies.