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Heinl, Daniel, Prinsen, Cecilia, Drucker, Aaron, Ofenloch, Robert, Humpreys, Rosemary, Sach, Tracey 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8098-9220, Flohr, Carsten and Apfelbacher, Christian
(2016)
Measurement properties of quality of life measurement instruments for infants, children and adolescents with eczema: protocol for a systematic review.
Systematic Reviews, 5.
ISSN 2046-4053
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Abstract
Background: Eczema is a common chronic or chronically relapsing skin disease that has a substantial impact on quality of life (QoL). By means of a consensus-based process, the Harmonising Outcome Measures in Eczema (HOME) initiative has identified QoL as one of the four core outcome domains to be assessed in all eczema trials. Few measurement instruments exist to measure QoL in infants and children with eczema, but there is a great variability in both content and quality (for example, reliability and validity) of the instruments used, and it is not always clear if the best instrument is being used. Therefore, the aim of the proposed research is a comprehensive systematic assessment of the measurement properties of the existing measurement instruments that were developed and/or validated for the measurement of patient-reported QoL in infants and children with eczema. Methods/Design: This study is a systematic review of the measurement properties of patient-reported measures of QoL developed and/or validated for infants and children with eczema. Medline via PubMed and EMBASE will be searched using a selection of relevant search terms. Eligible studies will be primary empirical studies evaluating, describing, or comparing measurement properties of QoL instruments for infants and children with eczema. Eligibility assessment and data abstraction will be performed independently by two reviewers. Evidence tables will be generated for study characteristics, instrument characteristics, measurement properties, and interpretability. The adequacy of the measurement properties will be assessed using predefined criteria. Methodological quality of studies will be assessed using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) checklist. A best evidence synthesis will be undertaken if more than one study has investigated a particular measurement property. Discussion: The proposed systematic review will produce a comprehensive assessment of measurement properties of existing QoL instruments in infants and children with eczema. We aim to identify one best currently available instrument to measure QoL in infants and/or children with eczema.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | eczema,atopic dermatitis,measurement instruments,health-related quality of life,quality of life,validity,reliability,responsiveness,interpretability |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023) |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Feb 2016 15:00 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 00:48 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/57186 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s13643-016-0202-z |
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