Instrument and reference | Relevance | Comprehensiveness | Comprehensibility | |||
Rating of results | Quality of evidence | Rating of results | Quality of evidence | Rating of results | Quality of evidence | |
CAP-Sym29 | + | Moderate | + | Moderate | + | Very low |
CAP-BIQ19 | + | Low | + | Low | + | Moderate |
CAP Score30 | + | Very low | ± | Very low | + | Low |
Metlay Score 131 | ± | Very low | − | Very low | ? | Very low |
Metlay Score 232 | ± | Very low | ± | Very low | ? | Very low |
‘+’ indicates sufficient; ‘−’ indicates insufficient; ‘±’ indicates inconsistent (as defined by the COnsensus based Standards for selection of health Measurement Instruments guidelines24); ‘?’ indicates assessment unable to be completed due to sample instrument unavailable.
Quality of evidence is rated on a four-point scale: high, moderate, low, very low.
CAP, community-acquired pneumonia;CAP-BIQ, CAP Burden of Illness Questionnaire;CAP-Sym, CAP Symptom Questionnaire.