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electronic Patient Benefit Index-Pruritus

ePBI-P

Quick and easy assessment of

therapy benefit

epbi p ios

iOS version
epbi p android

Android version
epbi p web

Web version
epbi p pdf

Illustrative PDF
(coming soon)

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Original PDF

 

What is the ePBI-P?

 

The ePBI-P is an instrument for patients with chronic itching (pruritus) and their physicians. It is based on the Patient Benefit Index-Pruritus (PBI-P) and is used to record patient-relevant goals and the individual benefit of pruritus treatment to evaluate the progress of goal achievement over time. It thus provides a valuable basis for joint decision-making by physicians and patients, as well as quality assurance in treatment. The ePBI-P is available as a mobile application for Android and iOS devices and as a web-based online tool.

 

Validation of questionnaire

paper version: yes            digital version: no

How to use the ePBI-P

At the start of treatment, the patient completes the Patient Needs Questionnaire (PNQ), which consists of 27 questions. On a 5-point scale from “not at all” to “very”, the patient rates how important the respective goals are to them or indicates whether they do not apply to them. After the start of treatment, the Patient Benefit Questionnaire (PBQ) follows, also with 27 questions. Here, the patient indicates on a 5-point scale to what extent the treatment has contributed to the achievement of their previously defined goals, or whether individual aspects did not apply to them. Finally, the overall benefit of the therapy is calculated from the answers given in both questionnaires.

 

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The index range is between 0 (no patient relevant benefit) and 4 (maximum patient relevant benefit).

 

Below is an example of the PBI calculation process in four steps.
 

 

1) Importance of treatment goals

 

With the help of the following questions, we’d like to know how important the below mentioned goals are to you personally in the current treatment.

 

For each of the following statements, please mark how important this treatment goal is to you.  If a statement does not apply to you, e.g. because you do not have pain, please mark “does not apply to me“.

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2) Treatment benefits

When the treatment began, you indicated in a questionnaire how important various goals were in the treatment of your skin disease.


Please mark each of the following statements according to the extent to which those treatment goals were achieved, indicating if the treatment has benefited you. If a statement did not apply to you, for example because you did not experience any pain, please mark "did not apply to me".

 

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3) Calculation PBI-P

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4) View of results (example)

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Want to know more?

 

Structure and scope of the Patient Benefit Index

WANT TO KNOW MORE

Want to know more?

 

Structure and scope of the Patient Benefit Index

WANT TO KNOW MORE

The following versions of the ePBI-P are available

epbi p ios

iOS version
epbi p android

Android version
epbi p web

Web version
epbi p pdf

Illustrative PDF

(coming soon)

epbi p pdf or

Original PDF
pbi p diseasex

Endpoint Model: Treatment of Disease X

 

Food and Drug Administration. Guidance for industry – Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Use in medical product development to support labeling claims. US Food and Drug administration website, 2009 [cited 2017]

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About Patient Reported Outcomes

 

“A PRO is any report of the status of a patient’s health condition that comes directly from the patient, without interpretation of the patient’s response by a clinician or anyone else.”

 

“Use of a PRO instrument is advised when measuring a concept best known by the patient or best measured from the patient perspective. […] PRO instrument adequacy depends on its role and relationships with other clinical trial endpoints as depicted in the endpoint model.”

Features

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USER-FRIENDLY

The intuitive and interactive design of the ePBI-P ensures easy understanding of all questions, whether for physicians or patients.

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QUICK

Save time with our online tool. Fill in the questionnaire and your ePBI-P score will be calculated automatically.

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RESULT FEEDBACK

On DermaValue, you not only get your ePBI-P value, but also learn what it means in terms of your therapy benefit.

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MULTILINGUAL

The ePBI-P is an established tool and available in several languages. The use of the respective first language reduces language barriers and supports the understanding between physician and patient.

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RESPONSIVE AND MULTI-DEVICE

With DermaValue, your ePBI-P is always just a few clicks away. The application is available for PCs, tablets, smartphones, and other devices.

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ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY

Take care of the environment and save your patient data on the online platform or as PDF files for yourself and your physicians.

 

 

References

 

 

Validation study:

Blome, C., Augustin, M., Siepmann, D., Phan, N. Q., Rustenbach, S. J., & Ständer, S. (2009). Measuring patient-relevant benefits in pruritus treatment: development and validation of a specific outcomes tool. The British journal of dermatology, 161(5), 1143–1148. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09328.x

 

 

 

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