Relevant baseline characteristics for describing patients with knee osteoarthritis: results from a Delphi survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inclusion/exclusion criteria and baseline characteristics are essential for assessing the applicability of trial results to a given patient and the comparability of study populations for meta-analyses. This Delphi survey aimed to generate a set of baseline characteristics for describing patients with knee osteoarthritis enrolled in clinical studies.

Methods

Survey participants comprised clinical experts (n = 23; mean age 54 y; from 4 continents) that had authored at least two randomized trials on knee osteoarthritis. First, given a prepared list of baseline patient characteristics, the experts were asked to add characteristics they considered important for assessing comparability of patient populations in different trials that evaluated the efficacy of non-surgica

SUBMITTER: Wildi LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3882493 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature