COSMIN guideline for systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures version 2.0.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Systematic reviews of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are important tools to select the most suitable PROM for a study or clinical application. Conducting these reviews is challenging, and the quality of these reviews needs to be improved. We updated the COSMIN guideline for systematic reviews of PROMs, including the COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist, and the COSMIN criteria for good measurement properties.

Methods

Adaptations to the methodology were based on our experience with applying the COSMIN guideline, through discussions among the authors, and results from two related Delphi studies.

Results

The updated guideline places more emphasis on key aspects that are often missing or sub optimally conducted in published systematic reviews of PROMs, such as

SUBMITTER: Mokkink LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11541334 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature