Methodological guidance for incorporating lived experience in the early stages of core outcome set development: a scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

One challenge facing researchers is the heterogeneity of outcomes measured in health research. Researchers can reduce outcome heterogeneity and ensure relevance of outcomes by using a Core Outcome Set (COS). COS are agreed-upon minimum sets of outcomes that should be measured in all clinical trials within a specific health area or healthcare domain. The Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) Initiative produced the COMET Handbook, which consolidated COS methodological literature and outlines a multistage approach to COS development. This approach includes generating a long-list of all potential outcomes and later reducing that list to essential outcomes via a consensus process. COMET emphasizes that COS should include outcomes that are important to all s

SUBMITTER: Livingston MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12523012 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature