Identifying Outcome Domains for Clinical Trials of Physical Rehabilitation Among Adults Undergoing Solid Organ Transplantation Using a Delphi Approach

Introduction: A core outcome set (COS) improves the quality of reporting in clinical trials; however, this has not been developed for clinical trials of exercise training among adults undergoing solid organ transplant. Research Question: To explore the perspectives of transplant patients and healthcare professionals on the key outcomes domains that are relevant for clinical trials of exercise in all recipients of transplanted organs. Methods: A Delphi approach was employed with 2 rounds of online questionnaires. Participants rated the importance of outcome domains using a 9-point Likert scale ranging from "not important" to "very important". A score of 7 to 9 (very important) by 70% or more participants and a score of 1 to 3 (not important) by less than 15% participants were required to keep an outcome domain from the first to the second round. Results: Thirty-six participants completed 2 rounds of questionnaires (90% response rate). After Round 1, 8 outcome domains were considered very important in the pretransplant phase; 16 in the early posttransplant; and 17 in the late posttransplant. Only 1 outcome domain, organ rejection in the early posttransplant phase, met the criteria to be considered very important after Round 2. Conclusion: Although consensus was not reached on the core outcome domains, this study provides preliminary information on which domains are higher priority for patients and professionals. Future work should consider a meeting with key stakeholders to allow for deeper discussion to reach consensus on a core outcome set.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) - 33(2023), 1 vom: 06. März, Seite 50-60

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Santana Shiguemoto, Tathiana [VerfasserIn]
Janaudis-Ferreira, Tania [VerfasserIn]
Dewan, Neha [VerfasserIn]
Mathur, Sunita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Delphi
Exercise
Journal Article
Outcome domains
Outcome measures
Rehabilitation
Solid organ transplant

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Date Completed 28.02.2023

Date Revised 10.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/15269248221145032

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350227543