Development of a UK core dataset for geriatric medicine research: a position statement and results from a Delphi consensus process.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is lack of standardisation in assessment tools used in geriatric medicine research, which makes pooling of data and cross-study comparisons difficult.

Methods

We conducted a modified Delphi process to establish measures to be included within core and extended datasets for geriatric medicine research in the United Kingdom (UK). This included three complete questionnaire rounds, and one consensus meeting. Participants were selected from attendance at the NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre meeting, May 2019, and academic geriatric medicine e-mailing lists. Literature review was used to develop the initial questionnaire, with all responses then included in the second questionnaire. The third questionnaire used refined options from the second questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Welch C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10035483 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature