Consensus on outcome measures for glaucoma effectiveness trials: Results from a delphi and nominal group technique approaches

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 539-546

  Ismail, Rehab ^a,b   Azuara Blanco, Augusto ^c   Ramsay, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

consensus; consensus meeting; Delphi; glaucoma; measures; NGT; outcomes; RCTs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; GLAUCOMA; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETRY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; TONOMETRY; VISUAL FIELD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE FIBER; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA GANGLION CELL;

DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84975225091     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000000301     Document Type: Article

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