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- Title
Identifying Provisional Generic Contextual Factor Domains for Clinical Trials in Rheumatology: Results from an OMERACT Initiative.
- Authors
Nielsen, Sabrina M.; Tugwell, Peter; de Wit, Maarten P. T.; Boers, Maarten; Beaton, Dorcas E.; Woodworth, Thasia G.; Escorpizo, Reuben; Shea, Beverley; Toupin-April, Karine; Guillemin, Francis; Strand, Vibeke; Singh, Jasvinder A.; Kloppenburg, Margreet; Furst, Daniel E.; Wells, George A.; Smolen, Josef S.; Veselý, Richard; Boonen, Annelies; Storgaard, Helene; Voshaar, Marieke
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>The Contextual Factors Working Group aims to provide guidance on addressing contextual factors in rheumatology trials within OMERACT.<bold>Methods: </bold>During the Special Interest Group session at OMERACT 2018, preliminary results were presented from a case scenario survey and semistructured interviews, including contextual factors mentioned in these. A group-based exercise sought to identify and rank important generic contextual factors.<bold>Results: </bold>A total of 79 candidate factors were listed. Across the 3 groups, gender/sex, comorbidities, and the healthcare system were ranked as most important.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The identified important contextual factor domains may be considered a provisional list pending further research.
- Publication
Journal of Rheumatology, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 9, p1159
- ISSN
0315-162X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3899/jrheum.181081