A taxonomy has been developed for outcomes in medical research to help improve knowledge discovery

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 96, Issue , 2018, Pages 84-92

  Dodd, Susanna ^a   Clarke, Mike ^b   Becker, Lorne ^c   Mavergames, Chris ^d   Fish, Rebecca ^e   Williamson, Paula R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^d Cochrane Central Executive ^*  (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cochrane; COMET; Comparative effectiveness research; Core outcome sets; Effectiveness trials; Outcomes; PICO; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic reviews; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECZEMA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY; MEDICAL DICTIONARY FOR REGULATORY ACTIVITIES; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; NURSING OUTCOMES CLASSIFICATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT-REPORTED OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIZED NOMENCLATURE OF MEDICINE; TAXONOMY; UNIFIED MEDICAL LANGUAGE SYSTEM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FACTUAL DATABASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DATA CURATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 85043365234     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2017.12.020     Document Type: Article

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