Development and validation of the Parenteral Nutrition Impact Questionnaire (PNIQ), a patient-centric outcome measure for Home Parenteral Nutrition

The PNIQ is a scientifically rigorous, unidimensional outcome measure that provides a complete assessment of the effect of HPN on everyday life. It will prove useful for measuring patient value in clinical practice and for determining outcome in clinical trials, audit, economic evaluations and outcomes-based reimbursement.