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Measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in adult patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review protocol
  1. Olalekan Lee Aiyegbusi1,2,
  2. Derek Kyte1,2,
  3. Paul Cockwell1,3,
  4. Tom Marshall1,2,
  5. Thomas Keeley1,2,
  6. Adrian Gheorghe4,
  7. Melanie Calvert1,2
  1. 1Centre for Patient Reported Outcomes Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  2. 2Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  3. 3University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
  4. 4Oxford Policy Management Ltd, Level 3 Clarendon Centre, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Dr Derek Kyte; d.g.kyte{at}bham.ac.uk

Abstract

Introduction Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with symptoms that can significantly reduce the quality of life (QoL) of patients. Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) may facilitate the assessment of the impact of disease and treatment on the QoL, from a patient perspective. PROMs can be used in research and routine clinical practice.

Methods and analysis A systematic review of studies evaluating the measurement properties of PROMs in adults with CKD will be conducted. MEDLINE, EMBASE, PsycINFO and CINAHL Plus will be systematically searched from inception. Hand searching of reference lists and citations of included studies will be carried out. 2 reviewers will independently screen the titles and abstracts of all the studies retrieved during the systematic search to determine their eligibility. The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) checklist will be used to appraise the methodological quality of the selected studies following the full-text review. Data on the study population, questionnaire characteristics and measurement properties will be extracted from the selected papers. Finally, a narrative synthesis of extracted data will be undertaken.

Ethics and dissemination Ethical permissions are not required for this study as data from published research articles will be used. Findings will be disseminated through publication in a peer-reviewed journal and presented at conferences. This systematic review will provide a comprehensive assessment of the measurement properties of PROMs currently available for use in adult patients with CKD and present evidence which may inform the selection of measures for use in research and clinical practice.

Trial registration number CRD42016035554.

  • chronic kidney disease
  • measurement properties
  • psychometric property
  • quality of life
  • patient-reported outcome measures

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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012014

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MC is the guarantor. The study was conceived and designed by MC, DK, PC and TM. OLA drafted the protocol manuscript. OLA, MC, DK, PC and TM contributed to the development of the search strategy. The selection criteria were developed by OLA, MC, DK, PC, TM, TK and AG. OLA piloted the search strategy on the databases. The manuscript was reviewed and the final draft approved by all authors.

    • Funding This project is funded as part of the Health Foundation's Improvement Science Programme.

    • Disclaimer The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to improve the quality of healthcare in the UK. The Health Foundation is not involved in any other aspect of the project, such as the design of the project's protocol, data collection, analysis and interpretation of results.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Ethics approval Ethical approval is not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data sharing statement The full search strategy has been submitted as an online supplementary file.