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A Call for Evidence-based Decision Making When Selecting Outcome Measurement Instruments for Summary of Findings Tables in Systematic Reviews: Results from an OMERACT Working Group
Dorcas E. Beaton, Caroline B. Terwee, Jasvinder A. Singh, Gillian A. Hawker, Donald L. Patrick, Laurie B. Burke, Karine Toupin-April and Peter S. Tugwell
The Journal of Rheumatology September 2015, jrheum.141446; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.141446
Dorcas E. Beaton
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Caroline B. Terwee
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Jasvinder A. Singh
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Gillian A. Hawker
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Donald L. Patrick
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Laurie B. Burke
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Karine Toupin-April
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
Peter S. Tugwell
From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada. Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute. JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies. D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health. Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
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- Dorcas E. Beaton,
- Caroline B. Terwee,
- Jasvinder A. Singh,
- Gillian A. Hawker,
- Donald L. Patrick,
- Laurie B. Burke,
- Karine Toupin-April and
- Peter S. Tugwell
- From the Musculoskeletal Health and Outcomes Research, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael’s Hospital, Toronto; Institute for Work & Health; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA; Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa; Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health, Ottawa, Canada.
Supported through the OMERACT premeeting conference on pain measurement. JAS is supported by grants from the Agency for Health Quality and Research Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics (AHRQ CERTs) U19 HS021110, US National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) P50 AR060772 and U34 AR062891, National Institute of Aging U01 AG018947, National Cancer Institute U10 CA149950, the resources and the use of facilities at the VA Medical Center at Birmingham, Alabama and research contract CE-1304-6631 from the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute.
JAS has received research grants from Takeda and Savient and consultant fees from Savient, Takeda, Regeneron, and Allergan. JAS is a member of the American College of Rheumatology’s Guidelines Subcommittee of the Quality of Care Committee; and a member of the Veterans Affairs Rheumatology Field Advisory Committee. JAS, DEB, and PT are members of the executive of OMERACT, an organization that develops outcome measures in rheumatology and receives arms-length funding from 36 companies.
D.E. Beaton, BScOT, PhD, Senior Scientist Institute for Work & Health, Scientist St. Michael’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Toronto; C.B. Terwee, PhD, Senior Epidemiologist, VU University Medical Centre, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research; J.A. Singh, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Alabama at Birmingham; G.A. Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Women’s College Hospital, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and University of Toronto; D.L. Patrick, PhD, Seattle Quality of Life Group\Center for Disability Policy and Research, University of Washington; L.B. Burke, RPh, MPH, Study Endpoints and Label Development, Office of New Drugs, Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration; K. Toupin-April, BScOT, PhD, Associate Scientist, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa; P.S. Tugwell, MD, MSc, University of Ottawa, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Population Health.
Address correspondence to Dr. Beaton, St. Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond St, Toronto, ON, M5B 1W8; E-mail: beatond@smh.ca
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A Call for Evidence-based Decision Making When Selecting Outcome Measurement Instruments for Summary of Findings Tables in Systematic Reviews: Results from an OMERACT Working Group
Dorcas E. Beaton, Caroline B. Terwee, Jasvinder A. Singh, Gillian A. Hawker, Donald L. Patrick, Laurie B. Burke, Karine Toupin-April, Peter S. Tugwell
The Journal of Rheumatology Sep 2015, jrheum.141446; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141446