Developing a core outcome set for traumatic brachial plexus injuries: a systematic review of outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify what outcomes have been assessed in traumatic brachial plexus injury (TBPI) research to inform the development of a core outcome set for TBPI.

Design

Systematic review.

Method

Medline (OVID), EMBASE, CINAHL and AMED were systematically searched for studies evaluating the clinical effectiveness of interventions in adult TBPIs from January 2013 to September 2018 updated in May 2021. Two authors independently screened papers. Outcome reporting bias was assessed. All outcomes were extracted verbatim from studies. Patient-reported outcomes or performance outcome measures were extracted directly from the instrument. Variation in outcome reporting was determined by assessing the number of unique outcomes reported across all included studies. Outcomes we

SUBMITTER: Miller C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8327802 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature