Choosing important health outcomes for comparative effectiveness research: 5th annual update to a systematic review of core outcome sets for research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A systematic review of core outcome sets (COS) for research is updated annually to populate an online database. It is a resource intensive review to do annually but automation techniques have potential to aid the process. The production of guidance and standards in COS development means that there is now an expectation that COS are being developed and reported to a higher standard. This is the fifth update to the systematic review and will explore these issues.

Methods

Searches were carried out to identify studies published or indexed in 2018. Automated screening methods were used to rank the citations in order of relevance. The cut-off for screening was set to the top 25% in ranked priority order, following development and validation of the algorithm. Studies wer

SUBMITTER: Gargon E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6907830 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature