DENTAL PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOMES UPDATE 2022

Area of Science:

• Oral Health Research
• Evidence-Based Dentistry
• Health Outcomes Research

Background:

• Significant advancements in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) research occurred in 2022.
• Dental patient-reported outcomes (dPROs) and their measures (dPROMs) are increasingly vital in dental research and practice.
• This special issue aims to consolidate and expand upon recent dPRO developments.

Purpose of the Study:

• To provide a concise summary of key PRO and dPRO articles published in 2022.
• To introduce manuscripts within the "Dental Patient-Reported Outcomes Update" special issue.
• To offer novel insights into measurement and analytical methods for dPROs.

Main Methods:

• Review of key patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and dental patient-reported outcomes (dPRO) articles from 2022.
• Synthesis of information presented in the "Dental Patient-Reported Outcomes Update" special issue.
• Categorization of research into six main domains.

Main Results:

• Key research in 2022 addressed methodological issues and future directions in PROs.
• The special issue covers six critical domains of dPROs and dPROMs.
• These domains include availability, application, research usage, methodology, trends, significance, and value-based oral healthcare.

Conclusions:

• The review and special issue aim to promote wider adoption of dPROs and dPROMs.
• Advances in measurement and analytical methods are crucial for dPRO research.
• dPROs are integral to advancing value-based oral healthcare.