Giulia Bova, Anthony Domenichiello, Janelle E Letzen, Daniela C Rosenberger, Andrew Siddons, Ulrike Kaiser, Adam Anicich, Ralf Baron, Judy Birch, Didier Bouhassira, George Casey, Katie Golden, Smriti Iyengar, Barbara I Karp, Hiltrud Liedgens, Winfried Meissner, Kate Nicholson, Leah Pogorzala, Deirdre Ryan, Rolf-Detlef Treede, Peter Tugwell, Dennis C Turk, Katy Vincent, Jan Vollert, Paula R Williamson, Sarah A Woller, Ruth Zaslansky, Laura D Wandner, Esther M Pogatzki-Zahn
BACKGROUND: Pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide among adults and effective treatment options remain elusive. Data harmonization efforts, such as through core outcome sets (COS), could improve care by highlighting cross-cutting pain mechanisms and treatments. Existing pain-related COS often focus on specific conditions, which can hamper data harmonization across various pain states. METHODS: Our objective was to develop four overarching COS of domains/subdomains (i...
December 2023: EClinicalMedicine