A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project.
<h4>Background</h4>Bariatric and metabolic surgery is used as a treatment for patients with severe and complex obesity. However, there is a need to improve outcome selection and reporting in bariatric surgery trials. A Core Outcome Set (COS), an agreed minimum set of outcomes reported in...
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| author | Karen D Coulman James Hopkins Sara T Brookes Katy Chalmers Barry Main Amanda Owen-Smith Robert C Andrews James Byrne Jenny L Donovan Graziella Mazza Barnaby C Reeves Chris A Rogers Janice L Thompson Richard Welbourn Sarah Wordsworth Jane M Blazeby BARIACT working group |
| author_facet | Karen D Coulman James Hopkins Sara T Brookes Katy Chalmers Barry Main Amanda Owen-Smith Robert C Andrews James Byrne Jenny L Donovan Graziella Mazza Barnaby C Reeves Chris A Rogers Janice L Thompson Richard Welbourn Sarah Wordsworth Jane M Blazeby BARIACT working group |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Bariatric and metabolic surgery is used as a treatment for patients with severe and complex obesity. However, there is a need to improve outcome selection and reporting in bariatric surgery trials. A Core Outcome Set (COS), an agreed minimum set of outcomes reported in all studies of a specific condition, may achieve this. Here, we present the development of a COS for BARIAtric and metabolic surgery Clinical Trials-the BARIACT Study.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Outcomes identified from systematic reviews and patient interviews informed a questionnaire survey. Patients and health professionals were surveyed three times and asked to rate the importance of each item on a 1-9 scale. Delphi methods provided anonymised feedback to participants. Items not meeting predefined criteria were discarded between rounds. Remaining items were discussed at consensus meetings, held separately with patients and professionals, where the COS was agreed. Data sources identified 2,990 outcomes, which were used to develop a 130-item questionnaire. Round 1 response rates were moderate but subsequently improved to above 75% for other rounds. After rounds 2 and 3, 81 and 14 items were discarded, respectively, leaving 35 items for discussion at consensus meetings. The final COS included nine items: "weight," "diabetes status," "cardiovascular risk," "overall quality of life (QOL)," "mortality," "technical complications of the specific operation," "any re-operation/re-intervention," "dysphagia/regurgitation," and "micronutrient status." The main limitation of this study was that it was based in the United Kingdom only.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The COS is recommended to be used as a minimum in all trials of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Adoption of the COS will improve data synthesis and the value of research data. Future work will establish methods for the measurement of the outcomes in the COS. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a0bf462dc32e440e9adbbc1ed5e17d042025-08-20T03:44:38ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Medicine1549-12771549-16762016-11-011311e100218710.1371/journal.pmed.1002187A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project.Karen D CoulmanJames HopkinsSara T BrookesKaty ChalmersBarry MainAmanda Owen-SmithRobert C AndrewsJames ByrneJenny L DonovanGraziella MazzaBarnaby C ReevesChris A RogersJanice L ThompsonRichard WelbournSarah WordsworthJane M BlazebyBARIACT working group<h4>Background</h4>Bariatric and metabolic surgery is used as a treatment for patients with severe and complex obesity. However, there is a need to improve outcome selection and reporting in bariatric surgery trials. A Core Outcome Set (COS), an agreed minimum set of outcomes reported in all studies of a specific condition, may achieve this. Here, we present the development of a COS for BARIAtric and metabolic surgery Clinical Trials-the BARIACT Study.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Outcomes identified from systematic reviews and patient interviews informed a questionnaire survey. Patients and health professionals were surveyed three times and asked to rate the importance of each item on a 1-9 scale. Delphi methods provided anonymised feedback to participants. Items not meeting predefined criteria were discarded between rounds. Remaining items were discussed at consensus meetings, held separately with patients and professionals, where the COS was agreed. Data sources identified 2,990 outcomes, which were used to develop a 130-item questionnaire. Round 1 response rates were moderate but subsequently improved to above 75% for other rounds. After rounds 2 and 3, 81 and 14 items were discarded, respectively, leaving 35 items for discussion at consensus meetings. The final COS included nine items: "weight," "diabetes status," "cardiovascular risk," "overall quality of life (QOL)," "mortality," "technical complications of the specific operation," "any re-operation/re-intervention," "dysphagia/regurgitation," and "micronutrient status." The main limitation of this study was that it was based in the United Kingdom only.<h4>Conclusions</h4>The COS is recommended to be used as a minimum in all trials of bariatric and metabolic surgery. Adoption of the COS will improve data synthesis and the value of research data. Future work will establish methods for the measurement of the outcomes in the COS.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002187 |
| spellingShingle | Karen D Coulman James Hopkins Sara T Brookes Katy Chalmers Barry Main Amanda Owen-Smith Robert C Andrews James Byrne Jenny L Donovan Graziella Mazza Barnaby C Reeves Chris A Rogers Janice L Thompson Richard Welbourn Sarah Wordsworth Jane M Blazeby BARIACT working group A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. PLoS Medicine |
| title | A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. |
| title_full | A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. |
| title_fullStr | A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. |
| title_short | A Core Outcome Set for the Benefits and Adverse Events of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: The BARIACT Project. |
| title_sort | core outcome set for the benefits and adverse events of bariatric and metabolic surgery the bariact project |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002187 |
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