Overweight / Obesity

Treatment Related Impact Measure - Weight (TRIM-W)

Copyright: Novo Nordisk

Disease / Condition: obesity

Population, Age: adult

Type of Clinical Outcome Assessment: PRO measure designed to assess the key impacts of prescription weight loss medication.

Outcomes assessed: health-related quality of life; treatment burden

  • Domains (n=5): Daily Life, Weight Management, Treatment Burden, Experience of Side Effects, Psychological Health
    Number of items: 22
    Recall: past two weeks
    Language of Development: English for USA

    1. Brod M, Hammer M, Kragh N, Lessard S, Bushnell DM. Development and validation of the Treatment Related Impact Measure of Weight (TRIM-Weight). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2010 Feb 5;8:19.

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Weight-Related Sign and Symptom Measure (WRSSM)

Copyright: Mery Brod, The Brod Group; Donald L. Patrick,
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Disease / Condition: overweight / obesity

Population, Age: adult

Type of Clinical Outcome Assessment: PRO measure to assess overweight or obesity, including people with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Outcome assessed: signs and symptoms of overweight and obesity

  • Domains (n=1): signs and symptoms
    Number of items: 10
    Recall: past 7 days
    Language of Development: English for USA

    1. Brod M, Højbjerre L, Pfeiffer KM, Sayner R, Meincke HH, Patrick DL. Development of the Weight-Related Sign and Symptom Measure. J Patient Rep Outcomes.2017;2(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s41687-018-0042-9.

    2. Patrick DL, Bushnell DM, Rothman M. Performance of two self-report measures for evaluating obesity and weight loss. Obes Res. 2004 Jan;12(1):48-57.

    3. Niero M, Martin M, Finger T, Lucas R, Mear I, Wild D, Glauda L, Patrick DL. A new approach to multicultural item generation in the development of two obesity-specific measures: the Obesity and Weight Loss Quality of Life (OWLQOL) questionnaire and the Weight-Related Symptom Measure (WRSM). Clin Ther. 2002 Apr;24(4):690-700.

For more information on this measure, for use and/or licensing, contact Dr. Brod at (+1) 415 381 5532 or at mbrod@thebrodgroup.net or by filling out the CONTACT FORM.