Quality and reporting of patient-reported outcomes in elderly patients with hip fracture: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess how patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are reported and to assess the quality of reporting PROs for elderly patients with a hip fracture in both randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and observational studies.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Medline, Embase and CENTRAL were searched on 1 March 2013 to 25 May 2021.

Eligibility criteria

RCTs and observational studies on geriatric (≥65 years of age) patients, with one or more PRO as outcome were included.

Data extraction and synthesis

Primary outcome was type of PRO; secondary outcome and quality assessment was measured by adherence to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) extension for patient-reported outcomes (CONSORT-PRO). Because of heterogeneity in study popul

SUBMITTER: van der Vet P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature