Less than half of the patients with iNPH experienced clinically significant favorable HRQoL outcome, partly explained by the patient's characteristics and comorbidities. The HRQoL approach reveals aspects that are important for the patient's well-being, but may also improve the quality of the outcome assessment of cerebrospinal fluid shunting. Study results may help clinicians to estimate which patients will benefit shunt surgery.
Frail patients suffering from certain pre-existing comorbidities may not experience improvement in generic HRQoL despite of a favorable clinical disease-specific response. Acknowledging the comorbidity burden of the patient may help clinicians and the patients to understand the conflict between patient-reported and clinical outcomes.
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