Driving up the Quality and Relevance of Research Through the Use of Agreed Core Outcomes
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The systematic development and adoption of a common set of key trial outcomes for a given health condition can help to deter selective reporting of outcomes.
“The systematic development and adoption of a common set of key trial outcomes for a given health condition can help to deter selective reporting of outcomes and facilitate comparisons and pooling of results across trials in a meta-analysis,263 264 helping to reduce research waste.”
From SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials (2025) · cites this paper as [263]
The systematic development and adoption of a common set of key trial outcomes for a given health condition can facilitate comparisons and pooling of results across trials in a meta-analysis, helping to reduce research waste.
“The systematic development and adoption of a common set of key trial outcomes for a given health condition can help to deter selective reporting of outcomes and facilitate comparisons and pooling of results across trials in a meta-analysis,263 264 helping to reduce research waste.”
From SPIRIT 2025 explanation and elaboration: updated guideline for protocols of randomised trials (2025) · cites this paper as [263]
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- Authors
- Williamson, P., Altman, D., Blazeby, J., Clarke, M., & Gargon, E.
- Affiliations
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Centre for Public Health, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast
- Corresponding author
- Williamson, Paula
- Venue
- Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-2
- ISSN
- 1355-8196 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-1060
- OpenAlex
- W2328393094
- Cited by
- 288
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Health Services Research & Policy (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Medical Research Council (MR/J004847/1)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Delphi Technique in Research
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty › Meta-analysis and systematic reviews
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Keywords
- core outcome set, outcome measurement, research quality, research relevance, outcome reporting
- MeSH terms
- Health Services Research, Quality Control, United States
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