The ‘Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol’ (ORBITAL) framework: protocol to determine a core outcome set for efficacy and effectiveness trials of alcohol screening and brief intervention

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E. L. Giles¹  G. W. Shorter¹  D. Newbury-Birch¹  K. J. Stockdale¹  C. Barbosa²  A. H. Berman³  Jeremy W. Bray⁴  N. Heather⁵  A. J. O’Donnell⁶  M. Clarke⁷  A. Holloway⁸ 

[1] Alcohol and Public Health Research Team, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University;

[2] Behavioral Health Economics Program, RTI International;

[3] Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet;

[4] Department of Economics, Bryan School of Business and Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro;

[5] Faculty of Health and Life Science, Northumbria University;

[6] Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University;

[7] Northern Ireland Methodology Hub, Queen’s University of Belfast;

[8] School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh;

关键词: Consensus methods;    Core outcome set;    Delphi technique;    Screening;    Brief intervention;    Alcohol;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s13063-017-2335-3

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background The evidence base to assess the efficacy and effectiveness of alcohol brief interventions (ABI) is weakened by variation in the outcomes measured and by inconsistent reporting. The ‘Outcome Reporting in Brief Intervention Trials: Alcohol’ (ORBITAL) project aims to develop a core outcome set (COS) and reporting guidance for its use in future trials of ABI in a range of settings. Methods/design An international Special Interest Group was convened through INEBRIA (International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol and Other Drugs) to inform the development of a COS for trials of ABI. ORBITAL will incorporate a systematic review to map outcomes used in efficacy and effectiveness trials of ABI and their measurement properties, using the COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) criteria. This will support a multi-round Delphi study to prioritise outcomes. Delphi panellists will be drawn from a range of settings and stakeholder groups, and the Delphi study will also be used to determine if a single COS is relevant for all settings. A consensus meeting with key stakeholder representation will determine the final COS and associated guidance for its use in trials of ABI. Discussion ORBITAL will develop a COS for alcohol screening and brief intervention trials, with outcomes stratified into domains and guidance on outcome measurement instruments. The standardisation of ABI outcomes and their measurement will support the ongoing development of ABI studies and a systematic synthesis of emerging research findings. We will track the extent to which the COS delivers on this promise through an exploration of the use of the guidance in the decade following COS publication.

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