Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) initiative: Protocol for an international Delphi study to achieve consensus on how to select outcome measurement instruments for outcomes included in a 'core outcome set'

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Prinsen, Cecilia A C ^a   Vohra, Sunita ^b   Rose, Michael R ^c   King Jones, Susanne ^b   Ishaque, Sana ^b   Bhaloo, Zafira ^b   Adams, Denise ^b   Terwee, Caroline B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

COMET; Core outcome set; Delphi study; Guideline; Outcome measurement instruments; Protocol; Selection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS; CORE OUTCOME MEASURES IN EFFECTIVENESS TRIAL; CORE OUTCOME SET; DELPHI STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); BIOASSAY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CONSENSUS; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902931975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-247     Document Type: Article

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