Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Patients with Upper Extremity Arthritis: Overview of Systematic Reviews

Ref ID 1004
First Author A. Dabbagh
Journal CLINICAL MEDICAL INSIGHTS ARTHRITIS MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS
Year Of Publishing 2023
URL https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10702415/
Keywords • Outcomes
• Musculoskeletal
• Non-Cochrane reviews
Problem(s) • Reasons for excluding potentially eligible studies not provided
• Insufficient literature searches
• Poor consideration of publication bias
• Low methodological (AMSTAR) quality
Article Type Empirical
Article Subtype Cross-sectional survey/Methodological systematic review
First Author Country Canada
Checklists • AMSTAR 1
Aim To address the literature gap regarding the synthesis of the psychometric properties of arthritis-specific PROMs used in assessing outcomes in patients with upper extremity arthritis.
Level of Investigation Descriptive
Summary of Findings Of the 6 included Systematic Reviews (SRs) identified from MEDLINE, ILC, Embase, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, CINAHL, and LILACS) in September 2019, 36 different arthritis-specific PROMs were reported. Using AMSTAR, only 1 of the 6 SRs provided an a priori hypothesis, or a comprehensive literature search. None or the SRs provided a list of excluded studies nor assessed publication bias.
Number of systematic reviews included 6
Number of eligible systematic reviews assessed 456