Patient-centered outcomes used in pediatric focused manual therapies research studies: a secondary data analysis of a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient-reported outcome measurements (PROM) are instruments that seek a patient's health or functional status. Inclusion of standardized PROMs in research studies and clinical practice provides a more comprehensive understanding of an intervention from the patient's viewpoint. This secondary analysis identified PROM usage and appropriateness of references for property measurements from clinical trials included in a recent systematic review of pediatric manual therapy.

Methods

All included manuscripts within a recent systematic review had two authors extract PROM and associated property measurement data, including the property measurements supporting citations. Inclusion criteria for the articles were published clinical trials (observational or experimental) of pe

SUBMITTER: Carleo B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8017068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature