Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development: The COS-STAD recommendations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of core outcome sets (COS) ensures that researchers measure and report those outcomes that are most likely to be relevant to users of their research. Several hundred COS projects have been systematically identified to date, but there has been no formal quality assessment of these studies. The Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development (COS-STAD) project aimed to identify minimum standards for the design of a COS study agreed upon by an international group, while other specific guidance exists for the final reporting of COS development studies (Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Reporting [COS-STAR]).

Methods and findings

An international group of experienced COS developers, methodologists, journal editors, potential users of COS (clinical trialists, systematic

SUBMITTER: Kirkham JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5689835 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature