Standardizing definitions and reporting guidelines for the infertility core outcome set: an international consensus development study† ‡.
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SUBMITTER: Duffy JMN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7744157 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
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Standardizing definitions and reporting guidelines for the infertility core outcome set: an international consensus development study† ‡.
Duffy J M N JMN Bhattacharya S S Bhattacharya S S Bofill M M Collura B B Curtis C C Evers J L H JLH Giudice L C LC Farquharson R G RG Franik S S Hickey M M Hull M L ML Jordan V V Khalaf Y Y Legro R S RS Lensen S S Mavrelos D D Mol B W BW Niederberger C C Ng E H Y EHY Puscasiu L L Repping S S Sarris I I Showell M M Strandell A A Vail A A van Wely M M Vercoe M M Vuong N L NL Wang A Y AY Wang R R Wilkinson J J Youssef M A MA Farquhar C M CM Abou-Setta Ahmed M. AM Aguilera Juan J. JJ AlAhwany Hisham H Atanda Oluseyi O. A. OOA Balkenende Eva M. E. EME Barnhart Kurt T. KT Beebeejaun Yusuf Y Chambers Georgina M. GM Chughtai Abrar A. AA Cuevas-Sáiz Irene I Curtis Cate C D'Angelo Arianna A Dubois Danielle D. DD Duckitt Kirsten K Encinas Carlos C Gerval Marie-Odile MO Giang Nhu H. NH Gibreel Ahmed A Gingel Lynda J. LJ Glanville Elizabeth J. EJ Glujovsky Demian D Granne Ingrid I Griesinger Georg G Repromed Devashana Gupta DG Hamzehgardeshi Zeinab Z Hirsch Martin M Horton Marcos M Jain Shikha S Perez Marta Jansa MJ Jones Claire A. CA Kamath Mohan S. MS Knijnenburg José J Kostova Elena E La Marca Antonio A Khac Le Tien T Leader Arthur A Leeviers Brigitte B Chinese Jian Li JL Loto Olabisi M. OM Marks Karen L. KL Martinez-Vazquez Rodrigo M. RM McTavish Alison R. AR Mills David J. DJ Nair Raju R. RR Nguyen Dung Thi Phuong DTP Otter Anne-Sophie AS Pacey Allan A. AA Rautakallio-Hokkanen Satu S Sadler Lynn C. LC Sagle Peggy P Schwarze Juan-Enrique JE Shapiro Heather M. HM Simpson Joe L. JL Siristatidis Charalampos S. CS Sood Akanksha A Strawbridge Catherine C Torrance Helen L. HL Tran Cam Tu CT Votteler Emma L. EL Wang Chi Chiu CC Watson Andrew A Yossry Menem M
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<h4>Study question</h4>Can consensus definitions for the core outcome set for infertility be identified in order to recommend a standardized approach to reporting?<h4>Summary answer</h4>Consensus definitions for individual core outcomes, contextual statements and a standardized reporting table have been developed.<h4>What is known already</h4>Different definitions exist for individual core outcomes for infertility. This variation increases the opportunities for researchers to engage with selecti ...[more]
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