Core outcome sets in cancer and their approaches to identifying and selecting patient-reported outcome measures: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Issues arising from a lack of outcome standardisation in health research may be addressed by the use of core outcome sets (COS), which represent agreed-upon recommendations regarding what outcomes should be measured as a minimum in studies of a health condition. This review investigated the scope, outcomes, and development methods of consensus-based COS for cancer, and their approaches and criteria for selecting instruments to assess core patient-reported outcomes (PROs).

Methods

Studies that used a consensus-driven approach to develop a COS containing PROs, for use in research with cancer populations, were sought via MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, Cochrane Library, and grey literature.

Results

Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria. Most COS (82%) were spe

SUBMITTER: Ramsey I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7492323 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature