Principles of good practice for translation of electronic clinical outcome assessments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While many publications have outlined good practice recommendations for translation and electronic implementation of clinical outcome assessments (COAs), they are often treated as independent processes. The scientific literature currently lacks recommended guidelines on the process of concurrent translation, cultural adaptation and electronic implementation of COAs for clinical research. In response to this need, the ISOQOL Translation and Cultural Adaptation Special Interest Group (TCA-SIG) sought to identify actionable steps for addressing the scientific and operational intricacies in this concurrent process.

Methods

Using snowball sampling, semi-structured questions were sent to language service providers (LSPs), electronic clinical outcome assessment (eCOA) pr

SUBMITTER: Shalhoub H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11880485 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature