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ArticleThe American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association

Making the best match: selecting outcome measures for clinical trials and outcome studies.

Wendy J Coster

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Article in The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

78 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Non-pharmacological interventions targeting mobility among people with advanced cancer: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Wendy J CosterDepartment of Occupational Therapy, Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston, MA 02215, USA. wjcoster@bu.edu

Funding

Improving Outcome Measurement for Medical Rehabilitaiton Clinical TrialsR24HD065688 · NICHD · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI JETTE, ALAN MAURICE, ZAFONTE, ROSS DENNIS · 2010 to 2014
$3.9M
NICHD NIH HHS 1R24HD065688-02NICHD NIH HHS R24 HD065688
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selecting an appropriate outcome measure is a critical step in designing valid and useful clinical trials and outcome studies. This selection process needs to extend beyond examining basic psychometric properties to consider additional features of instruments that may affect their validity and utility for the study's purpose. This article discusses these additional factors and their potential impact on outcome measurement. Guidelines are proposed to help clinical researchers and consumers of clinical research literature evaluate the match between the study purpose, population, and instrument.

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PMID23433270
PMCPMC3628620

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