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Outcomes in intervention research on snakebite envenomation: a systematic review.

Soumyadeep Bhaumik, Deepti Beri, Jyoti Tyagi, Mike Clarke, Sanjib Kumar Sharma, Paula R Williamson, Jagnoor Jagnoor

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Synthesis in F1000Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

  1. Core outcome set for intervention research on snakebite envenomation in South Asia.Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Soumyadeep BhaumikInjury Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales,, Sydney, New South Wales, 2042, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9579-4453
Deepti BeriInjury Division, The George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, Delhi, 110025, India.
Jyoti TyagiMeta-research and Evidence Synthesis Unit, George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, Delhi, 110025, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2882-7080
Mike ClarkeCentre for Public Health, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2926-7257
Sanjib Kumar SharmaDepartment of Internal Medicine, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal.
Paula R WilliamsonDepartment of Health Data Science, Institute of Population Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
Jagnoor JagnoorInjury Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales,, Sydney, New South Wales, 2042, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionA core outcome set (COS) is a minimal list of consensus outcomes that should be used in all intervention research in a specific domain. COS enhance the ability to undertake meaningful comparisons and to understand the benefits or harms of different treatments. A first step in developing a COS is to identify outcomes that have been used previously. We did this global systematic review to provide the foundation for development of a region-specific COS for snakebite envenomation.  Methods: We searched 15 electronic databases, eight trial registries, and reference lists of included studies to identify reports of relevant trials, protocols, registry records and systematic reviews. We extracted verbatim data on outcomes, their definitions, measures, and time-points. Outcomes were classified as per an existing outcome taxonomy, and we identified unique outcomes based on similarities in the definition and measurement of the verbatim outcomes.

resultsWe included 107 records for 97 studies which met our inclusion criteria. These reported 538 outcomes, with a wide variety of outcome measures, definitions, and time points for measurement. We consolidated these into 88 unique outcomes, which we classified into core areas of mortality (1, 1.14 %), life impact (6, 6.82%), resource use (15, 17.05%), adverse events (7, 7.95%), physiological/clinical (51, 57.95%), and composite (8, 9.09%) outcomes. The types of outcomes varied by the type of intervention, and by geographic region. Only 15 of the 97 trials (17.04%) listed Patient Related Outcome Measures (PROMS).

conclusionTrials evaluating interventions for snakebite demonstrate heterogeneity on outcomes and often omit important information related to outcome measurement (definitions, instruments, and time points). Developing high quality, region-specific COS for snakebite could inform the design of future trials and improve outcome reporting. Measurement of PROMS, resource use and life impact outcomes in trials on snakebite remains a gap.

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Snake BitesDatabases, FactualHumansRegistriesClinical TrialsOutcome AssessmentPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresSnakebiteSystematic ReviewTreatment Outcome

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PMID36300033
PMCPMC9579743

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