The Patient-Reported Outcomes, Survey & Population Research (PROSPR) Shared Resource provides researchers with access to state-of-the-art patient-reported outcome (PRO), quality of life, psychological and behavioral questionnaires and assessment methods. Our services include assisting investigators in identifying existing measures, developing new measures and designing data collection strategies and conducting psychometric analysis. The PROSPR Shared Resource will also develop databases for the questionnaire data entry, participant tracking databases and computer- and web-based assessments. We also provide fitness and body composition assessments including VO2 max testing, accelerometers to measure activity, including the ability to lease accelerometers for a study, anthropometric measurements, physical functioning tests, strength assessments using the Biodex system, DXA scans, and venous blood draws.

The PROSPR Shared Resource maintains a library of existing questionnaires, along with information pertaining to their reliability, validity and scoring. The PROSPR Shared Resource also provides assessment services related to energy balance research, focusing on both body composition and assessment of physical fitness and exercise behavior.