Development of a postsurgical patient-reported outcome instrument for women with vulvar neoplasia.

Purpose/objectives: To (a) develop the Women With Vulvar Neoplasia-Patient-Reported Outcome (WOMAN-PRO) instrument as a measure of women's post-vulvar surgery symptom experience and informational needs, (b) examine its content validity, (c) describe modifications based on pilot testing, and (d) examine the content validity of the revised instrument.

Design: Mixed-methods research project.

Setting: One Swiss and two German university hospitals.