The rationale behind the use of PRO scores in clinical practice is that it enhances the quality of patient care [106, 108, 109]. Theoretically, using PRO scores in clinical practice improves the quality of care by influencing communication (patient-clinician, clinician-clinician, clinician-relatives, patient-relatives), uncovering patients’ problems, such as psychological and functional problems, monitoring response to treatment, providing information about the impact of prescribed treatments, and informing clinical decision-making [106, 108]. Using PRO scores may also help clinicians identify shortages in the current care provided, which could improve the quality of care [110]. Finally, feeding back information on HRQL from PRO scores to clinicians
