Study Protocol on Defining Core Outcomes and Data Elements in Chronic Subdural Haematoma.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Core Outcome Sets (COSs) are necessary to standardize reporting in research studies. This is urgently required in the field of chronic subdural hematoma (CSDH), one of the most common disease entities managed in neurosurgery and the topic of several recent trials. To complement the development of a COS, a standardized definition and baseline Data Elements (DEs) to be collected in CSDH patients, would further improve study quality and comparability in this heterogeneous population.

Objective

To, first, define a standardized COS for reporting in all future CSDH studies; and, second, to identify a unified CSDH Definition and set of DEs for reporting in future CSDH studies.

Methods

The overall study design includes a Delphi survey process among 150 respondents

SUBMITTER: Holl DC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8440066 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature