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. 2021 Jan;129:114–123. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.09.029

Table 1.

Studies assessing uptake of COS in RCTs and SRs

COS disease name Scope of uptake study Period assessed for uptake of COS No. RCTs assessed % RCTs measuring each COS outcome % RCTs measuring full COS
Psoriatic arthritis Psoriatic arthritisA4 2006 – 2010 17 77, 71, 59, 53, 47, 47 24
Psoriatic arthritisA13 2010 – 2015 22 100, 95, 91, 86, 82, 77 59
Knee, hip, and hand Trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritisA5 - 2010 316a 96, 94, 67, 59, 4b -
osteoarthritis Total knee anthroplastyA16 - 2014 30 93, 27, 10c 7
Hip or knee osteoarthritisA23 1997 – 2017 382 95, 86, 75, 48 45
OsteoarthritisA25 2012 – 2017 334 97, 84, 17, 30 14
Rheumatoid arthritis DMARD therapy for rheumatoid arthritisA1d 1986 – 1990 32 100, 91, 91, 91, 91, 73, 73, 64, 55, 55
100, 91, 91, 91, 73, 55, 27
-
-
Rheumatoid arthritisA2 2005 – 2007 50e - 82
Rheumatoid arthritisA6 - 2009 350 60-70f
Rheumatoid arthritisA17 2002 – 2016 143 - 81
Rheumatoid arthritisA22 2009 - 2019 197 - Just over 80
Ankylosing spondylitis Ankylosing spondylitis/axial spondyloarthritisA7 - 2013 99 92, 84, 77, 51, 46, 44g
97, 97, 92, 84, 82, 79, 68, 63, 16h
20
Acute and chronic Acute goutA8 - 2011 77i 99, 57, 51, 32, 5 -
gout Acute and chronic goutA11 - 2013 38j
30j
87, 79, 71, 29, 8,
80, 73, 70, 10, 7, 3, 0, 0, 0
5
0
Chronic pain Cognitive and/or behavioral treatmentA3 - 2010 60 94, 83, 12 domains >40, 5 domains 0 -
Acceptance and Commitment TherapyA9 1999 - 2014 10 90, 90, 80, 70, 10, 10 -
Burning mouth syndromeA21 1994 – 2017 36 100, 97, 78, 33, 28, 22 11
Opioids for chronic non-cancer painA10 - 2012 156 99, 94, 76, 46, 43, 31, 28, 19, 7 -
Pediatric acute and chronic pain Postoperative pain managementA18 - 2017 337 93, 83, 21, 16, 15, 15 -
Fall injury Fall prevention in older peopleA14 2005 – 2015 34 94, 47, 24, 24, 21 3
Spinal cord injury Anticholinergic therapy for neurogenic bladder in SCIA15 1946 – 2015 14 3 3
Hip fracture Hip fractureA24 1997 – 2018 311 47, 46, 41, 37, 29 12
Peripheral neuropathy Multifocal motor neuropathyA12 1995 – 2014 8 100, 100, 13 13
Eczema
Atopic eczema treatmentsA26k
2005 – 2018
177
-
25%l
33%m



No. SRs assessed
% SRs measuring each COS outcome
% SRs measuring full COS
Chronic pain Neuropathic pain conditionsA19 - 2015 90 94, 84, 53, 50, 49, 29 10
Pediatric acute and chronic pain Postoperative painA20 - 2017 48 88, 75, 29, 21, 19, 15 -

A1-A26 corresponds to uptake study listed in Supplementary File C.

a

Includes RCTs and observational studies.

b

Assessed all 4 inner core domains plus 1 middle core domain.

c

Uptake of 1 outcome not reported individually but included in full uptake assessment.

d

Study included 2 COS.

e

Excluded trials from assessment if they did not report at least 1 patient reported outcome (PRO).

f

In 2009.

g

SMARD.

h

DC-ART.

i

Excluded trials from assessment if they did not report at least 1 core outcome.

j

Includes quasi-RCTs (3 acute, 2 chronic).

k

3 domains assessed as 1 domain not defined at time of review.

l

Average from 2005 to 2018.

m

In 2018.