Choosing important health outcomes for comparative effectiveness research: 4th annual update to a systematic review of core outcome sets for research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) database is a publically available, searchable repository of published and ongoing core outcome set (COS) studies. An annual systematic review update is carried out to maintain the currency of database content.

Methods

The methods used in the fourth update of the systematic review followed the same approach used in the original review and previous updates. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they reported the development of a COS, regardless of any restrictions by age, health condition or setting. Searches were carried out in March 2018 to identify studies that had been published or indexed between January 2017 and the end of December 2017.

Results

Forty-eight new studies, describing the developme

SUBMITTER: Gargon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6310275 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature