Patient-reported outcome measures (PROM) measure attribute studies refer to studies conducted by investigators to validate the measurement attributes of PROM. The consensus-based standards for the selection of health measurement instruments (COSMIN), an international consensus standard for the selection of health measurement instruments, divides this attribute into three aspects: reliability, validity and responsiveness, and adds interpretability as an additional important feature for evaluating PROM. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the verification methods and principles of the three major measurement attributes in the COSMIN consensus, as well as the significance and direction of interpretability evaluation, and to provide international methodological experience and reference for the development of high-quality PROM psychometric attribute verification in China.
                                 
                               
                                     
                                  
                       
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                           ZHANG Xiaolu, LI Rui, WANG Peimeng, ZHANG Yuzheng, XIAO Feiyi, GAO Xin, ZHAO Kun, XIE Feng, GUO Wudong, LI Xue. A methodological study of the validation of psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measurement. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2025, 25(5): 595-602. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202411178
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