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Review article: A primer for clinical researchers in the emergency department: Part VI. Measuring what matters: Core outcome sets in emergency medicine research |
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| Authors: | Simon Craig Andis Graudins Stuart R Dalziel Colin VE Powell Franz E Babl |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Medicine, Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;2. Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Children's Emergency Department, Starship Children's Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand Liggins Institute, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand;3. Department of Child Health, Division of Population Medicine, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK;4. Paediatric Research in Emergency Departments International Collaborative (PREDICT), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Abstract: | In this series we address important topics for clinicians who participate in research as part of their work in the ED. The overarching goal of clinical research is to improve care and determine which treatment is best. Yet, defining and measuring outcomes – what is ‘best’ – can be one of the most difficult steps in the design of a study, in particular when answers to research questions cannot be captured in simple binary results. This article addresses how to choose outcome measures and highlights the increasingly important concept of core outcome sets. |
| Keywords: | core outcome measures methodology research |