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Research Fundamentals: Selection and Development of Clinical Outcome Measures
Author(s) -
Singer Adam J.,
Thode Henry C.,
Hollander Judd E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
academic emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1553-2712
pISSN - 1069-6563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb02249.x
Subject(s) - medicine , outcome (game theory) , selection (genetic algorithm) , intensive care medicine , artificial intelligence , mathematical economics , mathematics , computer science
. Clinical outcomes measure patient health or well‐being. The choice of an outcome measure for use in a clinical trial or study is complex. It is even more difficult when no appropriate outcome measure exists, necessitating the development of a novel one. The ideal clinical outcome should be credible, comprehensive, sensitive to change, accurate, biologically sensible, and feasible. This paper describes the attributes of clinical outcomes and illustrates how to develop novel outcomes, using as an example the authors’ eperience in developing a wound cosmesis outcome measure.