TY - JOUR
T1 - A Core Outcome Set for Adult General ICU Patients
AU - Kjær, Maj-Brit Nørregaard
AU - Bruun, Camilla Rahbek Lysholm
AU - Granholm, Anders
AU - Møller, Morten Hylander
AU - Rasmussen, Bodil Steen
AU - Mortensen, Camilla Bekker
AU - Poulsen, Lone Museaus
AU - Strøm, Thomas
AU - Laerkner, Eva
AU - Brøchner, Anne Craveiro
AU - Haberlandt, Trine
AU - Bunzel, Anne-Marie Gellert
AU - Herløv, Louise Stenbryggen
AU - Holm, Anna
AU - Sivapalan, Praleene
AU - Estrup, Stine
AU - Cronhjort, Maria
AU - Schandl, Anna
AU - Laake, Jon Henrik
AU - Hofsø, Kristin
AU - Blokzijl, Fredrike
AU - Keus, Frederik
AU - Pfortmueller, Carmen Andrea
AU - Ostermann, Marlies
AU - Cole, Jade M
AU - Wise, Matt P
AU - Szczeklik, Wojciech
AU - Wludarczyk, Anna
AU - Jovaiša, Tomas
AU - Cecconi, Maurizio
AU - Sigurdsson, Martin Ingi
AU - Nalos, Marek
AU - Hästbacka, Johanna
AU - Mäkinen, Marja
AU - Hammond, Naomi
AU - Litton, Edward
AU - Haines, Kimberley
AU - Myatra, Sheila Nainan
AU - Vijayaraghavan, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi
AU - Yadav, Kavita
AU - Jha, Vivekanand
AU - Venkatesh, Balasubramanian
AU - Egerod, Ingrid
AU - Perner, Anders
AU - Collet, Marie O
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PY - 2025/1/6
Y1 - 2025/1/6
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Randomized clinical trials informing clinical practice (e.g., like large, pragmatic, and late-phase trials) should ideally mostly use harmonized outcomes that are important to patients, family members, clinicians, and researchers. Core outcome sets for specific subsets of ICU patients exist, for example, respiratory failure, delirium, and COVID-19, but not for ICU patients in general. Accordingly, we aimed to develop a core outcome set for adult general ICU patients.DESIGN: We developed a core outcome set in Denmark following the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials Handbook. We used a modified Delphi consensus process with multiple methods design, including literature review, survey, semi-structured interviews, and discussions with initially five Danish research panels. The core outcome set was internationally validated and revised based on feedback from research panels in all countries.SETTING: There were five Danish research panels and 17 panels in 13 other countries. Interviews and the three-round Delphi survey was conducted in Denmark, followed by validation of the core outcome set across 14 countries in Europe, Australasia, and India.SUBJECTS: Adult ICU survivors, family members, clinicians, and researchers.INTERVENTIONS: None.MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We identified 329 published outcomes, of which 50 were included in the 264 participant Delphi survey. In semi-structured interviews of 82, no additional outcomes were added. The first Delphi survey round was completed by 249 (94%) participants, and 202 (82%) contributed to the third and final round. The initial core outcome set comprised six outcomes. International validation involved 217 research panel members and resulted in the final core outcome set comprising survival, free of life support, free of delirium, out of hospital, health-related quality of life, and cognitive function.CONCLUSIONS: We developed and internationally validated a core outcome set with six core outcomes to be used in research, specifically clinical trials involving adult general ICU patients.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Randomized clinical trials informing clinical practice (e.g., like large, pragmatic, and late-phase trials) should ideally mostly use harmonized outcomes that are important to patients, family members, clinicians, and researchers. Core outcome sets for specific subsets of ICU patients exist, for example, respiratory failure, delirium, and COVID-19, but not for ICU patients in general. Accordingly, we aimed to develop a core outcome set for adult general ICU patients.DESIGN: We developed a core outcome set in Denmark following the Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials Handbook. We used a modified Delphi consensus process with multiple methods design, including literature review, survey, semi-structured interviews, and discussions with initially five Danish research panels. The core outcome set was internationally validated and revised based on feedback from research panels in all countries.SETTING: There were five Danish research panels and 17 panels in 13 other countries. Interviews and the three-round Delphi survey was conducted in Denmark, followed by validation of the core outcome set across 14 countries in Europe, Australasia, and India.SUBJECTS: Adult ICU survivors, family members, clinicians, and researchers.INTERVENTIONS: None.MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: We identified 329 published outcomes, of which 50 were included in the 264 participant Delphi survey. In semi-structured interviews of 82, no additional outcomes were added. The first Delphi survey round was completed by 249 (94%) participants, and 202 (82%) contributed to the third and final round. The initial core outcome set comprised six outcomes. International validation involved 217 research panel members and resulted in the final core outcome set comprising survival, free of life support, free of delirium, out of hospital, health-related quality of life, and cognitive function.CONCLUSIONS: We developed and internationally validated a core outcome set with six core outcomes to be used in research, specifically clinical trials involving adult general ICU patients.
U2 - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006556
DO - 10.1097/CCM.0000000000006556
M3 - Article
C2 - 39761440
SN - 0090-3493
JO - Critical care medicine
JF - Critical care medicine
ER -