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2010 ISOQOL Conference
“Translating Quality of Life Measurement into Decision-Making”
Wednesday, October 27
Registration 7:00am-5:00pm
Educational Workshops (9:00am-4:00pm)
9:00am-4:00pm Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of HRQOL in SAS, SPSS and R (Diane Fairclough)
9:00am-12:00pm

1.An Introduction to Pediatric Patient Report Outcomes and their Inclusion as Endpoints in Pediatric Clinical Trials (Rob Arbuckle, Linda Abetz-Webb, Robyn Carson, Barbara Edelman Lewis) Basic

2. Conducting Cognitive Interviews in Special Populations (Carla Demuro, Dana DiBenedetti, Sandy Lewis, Sheri Fehnel) Basic 3. Interpreting Utility (Preference-Based) Measures of Health-Related Quality of Life (David Feeny, Allyson Jones, Maria Santana) Advanced 4. Everything You Wanted to Know about Modern Psychometric Methods but were Too Afraid to Ask: Part 1 (Jeremy Hobart and Stefan Cano) Basic
5. Interpretation of PRO Data within Clinical Trials
(Josephine Norquist, Kathleen Wyrwich)
Advanced
6. Applications Of Item Response Theory Modeling for Enhancing Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement
(Bryce Reeve and
Chih-Hung Chang) Basic
7. Advanced Psychometric Methods, Part 1: Use of Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analyses in PRO Instrument Development and Evaluation
(Donald Stull,
Margaret Vernon, Elizabeth Merikle) Advanced
8. How Many Subjects do I Need for My Study? Sample Size Determination for Studies with QoL Outcomes (Stephen Walters) Basic
Lunch on your Own 12:00-1:00pm
1:00-4:00pm 9. Everything You Wanted to Know about Modern Psychometric Methods but were Too Afraid to Ask: Part 2 (Jeremy Hobart and
Stefan Cano)
Basic
10. The Use of R and WinBUGS in Fitting Item Response Theory Models
(Yuelin Li)
Advanced
11. Methods for Estimating Longevity and HR-Qol Using Data from Medical Records
(Michael Molla)
Basic
12. Documenting PRO Evidence for EMA and FDA Submissions to Support Promotional and Labeling Claims
(Josephine Norquist,
Annabel Nixon, Kati Copley-Merriman, Diane Wild) Basic
  13. Advanced Psychometric Methods, Part 2: Executing and Interpreting Exploratory and Confirmatory
(Donald Stull, Margaret Vernon, Elizabeth Merikle) Advanced

14. Systematic Reviews of Measurement Instruments
(Caroline Terwee,
Lidwine Mokkink, Henrica de Vet, Donald Patrick) Basic
15. Innovative Methods for Electronically Capturing Patient-Reported Outcomes and Preference Data in Non-Interventional Studies
(Ingela Wiklund, Karin Coyne, Shae Wilkins) Basic
16. Methods for Developing Preference-Based Measures of Health from Existing Measures
(Tracey Young, John Brazier, Donna Rowen)
Advanced
Break 4:00-4:30pm
Mentor-Mentee Reception 4:30-5:30pm
Welcome Reception 5:30-7:00pm
Special Session on Generalizability 7:00-8:30pm


2010 ISOQOL Conference
"Translating Quality of Life Measurement into Decision-Making"

Thursday, October 28
Registration 7:00am-5:00pm
Posters on Display 8:00am-6:45pm
7:45-8:00am Welcome Remarks
PLENARY
8:00-9:30am
Break 9:30-9:45am
 
Methodology
Policy Research
Clinical Practice
Oral sessions
9:45-11:15am
Mixed Methods
Responsiveness I
Pediatrics
Oncology I
Break 11:15-11:30am
Oral sessions
11:30am-1:00pm
Analysis Issues
Economic Evaluation I
Mental Health
Qualitative Methods
Lunch on your own 1:00-2:00pm
Symposia 2:00-3:30pm Invited Symposium: Rating Scale Validity:
Its’ Critical Importance and How We
Achieve it
Symposium 1430 Development and Comparisons of Alternative Preference-Based Measures of Health Symposium 1812 Recent Advances in the Genetic Underpinnings of QoL from the GENEQOL Consortium Symposium 1173 Methodological Advances in Interpreting Change: A Head-To-Head Comparison Of Response Shift Assessment in a National Sample of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
Break 3:30-3:45pm
Oral sessions 3:45-5:15pm
Scale Selection
Geriatrics &
End of Life
Fatigue
Validity
Reception and Meet the Author Poster Session 5:15-6:45pm
SIG and Special Meetings 6:45pm

2010 ISOQOL Conference
"Translating Quality of Life Measurement into Decision-Making"

Friday, October 29
Registration 7:00am-5:00pm
Posters on Display 8:00am-6:45pm
7:45-8:00am President's Address
PLENARY
8:00-9:30am
"The Routine Use of Patient-reported Outcome Measures in Health Service Decision Making: Challenges and Opportunities"
Break 9:30-9:45am
Methodology
Policy Research
Clinical Practice
Oral sessions
9:45-11:15am
Instrument Development
Mode of Assessment/ PRO Technology
Pain
Theory
Break 11:15-11:30am
Oral sessions
11:30am-1:00pm
Psychometric Methods
Translation and Cross-Cultural Issues
Oncology II
Obesity
Lunch on your own 1:00-2:00pm
Symposia
2:00-3:30pm
Symposium 1538:
The Challenges of Symptom Assessment in Clinical Research: Illustrations in Gastrointestinal Conditions

Invited Symposium: Current Methods for Measuring and Valuing Health States: Methodological Issues and Policy Implications. Symposium 1163:
Translating Patient-reported Outcomes into Decision Making in Oncology

Symposium 1458:
Using the WHOQOL - a Contemporary View
Break 3:30-3:45pm
Oral sessions
3:45-5:15pm
Responsiveness II Economic Evaluation II Clinical Decision Making Breast Cancer - Oncology III
Reception and Meet the Author Poster Session 5:15-6:45pm
SIG and Special Meetings 6:45pm


2010 ISOQOL Conference
"Translating Quality of Life Measurement into Decision-Making"

Saturday, October 30
Registration 7:00am-4:00pm
Posters on Display 8:00am-3:30pm
  Methodology Policy Research Clinical Practice  
Symposia
7:45 -9:15am
Symposium 1370 Development and Health in Childhood: Setting the Stage for PRO Assessment Across the Life Course Symposium 1408 Overview of Existing and Novel Methodologies for Testing the Effectiveness of Using Patient Reported Outcomes in Clinical Practice Invited Symposium: Information Systems for Collection and Use of PRO in Clinical Practice Symposium 1685 Adapting PROMs for use with diverse populations: Experiences with American Sign Language
Break 9:15-9:30am
PLENARY
9:30-9:45am
President's Award Talk; David Feeny
PLENARY
9:45-11:15am
Break 11:15-11:30am
PLENARY 11:30am –1:00pm
Reception and Meet the Author Poster Session 1:00-2:30pm
Member's Meeting 2:30-3:30pm
3:30-5:15pm
Meet the Experts: Modern Test Theory and the Future of Health Measurement
Banquet 7:00pm

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