Choosing Important Health Outcomes for Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Updated Review and User Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A COS represents an agreed minimum set of outcomes that should be measured and reported in all trials of a specific condition. The COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) initiative aims to collate and stimulate the development and application of COS, by including data on relevant studies within a publically available internet-based resource. In recent years, there has been an interest in increasing the development of COS. Therefore, this study aimed to provide an update of a previous review, and examine the quality of development of COS. A further aim was to understand the reasons why individuals are searching the COMET database.

Methods

A multi-faceted search strategy was followed, in order to identify studies that sought to determine which outcome

SUBMITTER: Gorst SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718543 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature