Development of an international core outcome set for treatment trials in paediatric inguinal hernia: protocol for a three-phase study including a systematic review and Delphi survey
Sanne C Maat, Ramon R Gorter, Ernest L W van Heurn, Hester Rippen, Nancy J Butcher, Martin Offringa, Joep P M Derikx · 2023
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Trials of hernia repair in children measure success in so many unlike ways that their results cannot be pooled. Sanne Maat and co-authors lay out a plan in 2023 to fix that: an international core outcome set for treatment trials in children's groin hernia. The set would name the few outcomes every future trial should report.
Their three-phase plan starts with a literature review and patient input to list candidate outcomes. A three-round Delphi survey then lets stakeholders rank and trim the list. A final expert meeting, with clinicians, parents, and patient representatives, settles the set and plans its rollout. The authors register and describe the process in line with reporting standards for such sets.
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| CREATOR | Sanne C Maat, Ramon R Gorter, Ernest L W van Heurn, Hester Rippen, Nancy J Butcher, Martin Offringa, Joep P M Derikx |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |