Table 1. Examples of the current clinical uses of patient-reported outcomes in UK primary care^a

Use	Description	Example
Assessing severity of symptoms	Highlight patients’ experiences of symptoms related to a health condition or treatment	Epworth Sleep Scale⁶⁷
Informing treatment decisions	Inform patient—physician discussions and enable shared decision making	Patient Health Questionnaire –9 (PHQ-9)⁶⁸
Tracking outcomes	Allows patients and providers to observe important trends, and adjust care accordingly	Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire⁶⁹
Facilitating provider patient discussions	Allow patients to provide information about their health, concerns, and priorities, and identify topics for discussion during the clinical visit	General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12)⁷⁰
Monitoring health and wellbeing	Routinely collected measures related to general health and wellbeing, provides important information about an individual’s overall health	International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS)⁷¹