Validity and reliability of behavioural status measures used in treatment efficacy studies in Alzheimer’s Dementia (n = 13).

Final “COS Adult Cardiac Surgery”.

Stakeholder groups and participants involved in the Core Outcome Set-STAndards for Development (COS-STAD) Delphi survey.

The scope of included studies (n = 337).

Nature of patient participation where detail is reported (n = 27).

Patient participation detail where reported (n = 8).

Validity and reliability of global status measures used in treatment efficacy studies in Alzheimer’s Dementia (n = 9).

The methods used to develop COS (n = 307).

The scope of included studies (n = 307).

Core Outcome Set—STAndards for Development: The COS-STAD recommendations.

Nature of patient participation where detail is reported (n = 23).

BackgroundInvasive off- or on-pump cardiac surgery (elective and emergency procedures, excluding transplants are routinely performed to treat complications of ischaemic heart...

The methods used to develop core outcome sets (n = 249).

Participant groups involved in selecting outcomes for inclusion in COS (n = 307).

BackgroundThe Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) database is a publically available, searchable repository of published and ongoing core outcome set (COS)...

IntroductionSelection of optimal outcome measures is a critical step in a systematic review; inclusion of uncommon or non-validated outcome measures can impact the uptake of...

BackgroundThe COMET (Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials) Initiative promotes the development and application of core outcome sets (COS), including relevant studies in...

Validity and reliability of cognitive measures used in treatment efficacy studies of Alzheimer’s Dementia (n = 29).

Definitions of the terminology used in the article, in accordance with OMERACT definitions [23].

Reasons for exclusion at full text stage.