Evidence · Research paper
Core outcomes in neonatology: development of a core outcome set for neonatal research.
- Allied health
- Eyes and hearing
- Families and professional practice
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Nursing
- Quality improvement
- Retinopathy of prematurity
This paper is from 2020, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Describes the development of a core outcome set (COS) for research involving infants receiving neonatal care in high-income settings. Systematic reviews of trial and qualitative literature were followed by a three-round international eDelphi survey of former patients, parents, healthcare professionals and researchers, and a consensus meeting. Twelve outcomes were agreed, including survival, sepsis, necrotising enterocolitis, brain injury on imaging, motor and cognitive ability, quality of life, adverse events, visual and hearing impairment, retinopathy of prematurity and bronchopulmonary dysplasia. It aims to standardise outcome selection in neonatal trials and ensure outcomes matter to those most affected.
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