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Methodology in core outcome set (COS) development: the impact of patient interviews and using a 5-point versus a 9-point Delphi rating scale on core outcome selection in a COS development study

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-020-01197-3

Published Online: 2021-01-07

Published Print: 2021-12

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Remus, Alexandria http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9002-7933
Smith, Valerie

Wuytack, Francesca
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Article History

Received: 28 April 2020

Accepted: 18 December 2020

First Online: 7 January 2021

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: Ethical approval for the PGP-COS study was granted by the University Research Ethics Committee at Trinity College Dublin. All participants provided explicit informed consent before participating in the PGP-COS study. Participants provided informed explicit verbal consent before continuing interviews and then posted written consent in the mail. Participants in the Delphi study provided informed explicit written consent before partaking in the study.

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: The authors declare they have no competing interests.

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