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ArticleScandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports2021

A catalogue of PROMs in sports science: Quality assessment of PROM development and validation.

Christian F Hansen, Jonas Jensen, Volkert Siersma, John Brodersen, Jonathan D Comins, Michael R Krogsgaard

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Article in Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christian F HansenSection for Sports Traumatology M51, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-4014
Jonas JensenSection for Sports Traumatology M51, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Volkert SiersmaThe Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-2681
John BrodersenThe Research Unit for General Practice and Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9369-3376
Jonathan D CominsSection for Sports Traumatology M51, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-114X
Michael R KrogsgaardSection for Sports Traumatology M51, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9976-4865

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Choosing the most adequate PROM for a study is a non-trivial process. The aim of this study was to provide a catalogue with analyses of content and construct validity of PROMs relevant to research in sports science, including all published local translations. The most commonly used PROMs in sports research were selected from a PubMed search "patient reported outcome measures sports", identifying 439 articles and 194 different PROMs. Articles describing development of the 61 selected PROMs were assessed for content validity, and all articles regarding construct validity of each PROM and all published translations (in total 622 articles) were analyzed. A catalogue with assessments of the 61 PROMs was produced. The majority were of inferior validity, with few exceptions. The most common reason for this was that the PROM had not been developed by methods that ensure high content validity. Another major reason for inferior validity was that construct validity had not been secured by adequate statistical methods. In conclusion, this catalogue provides a tool for researchers to facilitate choosing the most valid PROM for studies in sports research. Furthermore, it shows for popular PROMs where further validation is needed, and for fields in musculoskeletal medicine where valid PROMs are lacking. It is suggested that a targeted effort is made to develop valid PROMs for major conditions in musculoskeletal research. The current method is easier to practice compared with assessment after COSMIN guidelines.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresSports MedicineAthletic InjuriesHumansQuality ControlReproducibility of Resultscatalogue of PROMsconstruct validitycontent validitypatient-reported outcome measuresPROMsports medicinesports traumatologyvalidation

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PMID33464661
PMCPMC8251933

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