The COSMIN study reached international consensus on taxonomy, terminology, and definitions of measurement properties for health-related patient-reported outcomes

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 737-745

  Mokkink, Lidwine B ^a   Terwee, Caroline B ^a   Patrick, Donald L ^b   Alonso, Jordi ^c,d   Stratford, Paul W ^e   Knol, Dirk L ^a   Bouter, Lex M ^a,f   de Vet, Henrica C W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Delphi technique; Outcome assessment; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Questionnaire; Terminology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDITY;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONSENSUS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 77952511914     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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