Table 4. Outcomes categorised for inclusion in the COS by at least one subgroup of nurses.
| Overall | Region** | Country Income | Experience in years | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All nurses | West | East | HIC | LMIC | 0–5 years | >5 | |
| Outcome | n = 135 | n = 40 | n = 61 | n = 46 | n = 89 | n = 59 | n = 73 |
| Outcome Area: Mortality/Survival | |||||||
| 1. Disease-free survival* | 85.1 | 92.5 | 85.2 | 93.5 | 80.9 | 81.4 | 89.0 |
| 2. Dying from stomach cancer* | 80.0 | 90.0 | 72.1 | 91.3 | 74.2 | 74.6 | 83.6 |
| 3. Dying from any cause | 63.4 | 64.1 | 70.5 | 64.4 | 65.2 | 58.6 | 71.2 |
| 4. Surgery-related death | 77.6 | 95.0 | 65.6 | 93.5 | 69.3 | 72.9 | 81.9 |
| Outcome Area: Clinical/physiological outcomes | |||||||
| 7. Anastomotic complications* | 84.4 | 97.5 | 82.0 | 97.8 | 76.4 | 79.7 | 89.0 |
| 8. Gastro-intestinal functional problems | 69.6 | 90.0 | 65.6 | 89.1 | 57.3 | 59.3 | 75.3 |
| 12. Multiple organ failure* | 79.9 | 82.5 | 78.3 | 84.8 | 78.4 | 83.1 | 79.2 |
| 13. Pain | 59.3 | 85.0 | 59.0 | 87.0 | 44.9 | 49.2 | 65.8 |
| 18. Abdominal Collection | 65.9 | 65.0 | 67.2 | 69.6 | 61.8 | 49.2 | 76.7 |
| 19. Other infections | 61.2 | 55.0 | 70.0 | 58.7 | 61.4 | 54.2 | 65.3 |
| 20. Nutritional Effects* | 74.8 | 87.5 | 77.0 | 87.0 | 66.3 | 69.5 | 76.7 |
| 21. Recurrence of Cancer* | 88.0 | 97.5 | 86.9 | 97.8 | 82.8 | 84.5 | 90.3 |
| 26. Wound complications | 67.4 | 62.5 | 73.8 | 63.0 | 67.4 | 67.8 | 64.4 |
| 29. Bleeding* | 80.7 | 72.5 | 85.2 | 76.1 | 82.0 | 79.7 | 80.8 |
| Outcome Area: Life impact | |||||||
| 30. Ability to undertake physical activities | 56.3 | 72.5 | 54.1 | 73.9 | 46.1 | 54.2 | 56.2 |
| 36. Impact on mental health | 54.5 | 70.0 | 48.3 | 71.7 | 44.3 | 54.2 | 52.8 |
| 40. Overall quality of life* | 70.4 | 90.0 | 67.2 | 89.1 | 59.6 | 61.0 | 76.7 |
| 42. Ability to complete treatment pathway. | 65.9 | 77.5 | 60.7 | 78.3 | 58.4 | 54.2 | 75.3 |
| 43. Completeness of tumour removal* | 87.3 | 100.0 | 86.9 | 97.8 | 82.0 | 83.1 | 91.8 |
| Outcome Area: Resource use | |||||||
| 49. Readmission to hospital | 69.9 | 77.5 | 68.3 | 78.3 | 62.1 | 60.3 | 73.6 |
| 51. Need for an additional intervention. | 56.7 | 75.0 | 48.3 | 76.1 | 45.5 | 44.1 | 63.9 |
| 52. Need for pain relief | 68.4 | 72.5 | 72.9 | 73.9 | 63.2 | 57.6 | 74.6 |
| Outcome Area: Adverse events | |||||||
| 55. All-cause complications* | 77.9 | 77.5 | 77.2 | 80.4 | 75.3 | 70.2 | 83.1 |
| 56. Intra-operative complications* | 85.4 | 90.0 | 91.1 | 91.3 | 83.3 | 85.7 | 87.3 |
| 57. Anaesthetic complications* | 78.0 | 80.0 | 77.8 | 80.4 | 76.5 | 70.9 | 84.1 |
Values are the percentage of participants voting the outcome as critically important (score 7–9). Green = for inclusion, Red = for exclusion, Yellow = no consensus. HIC = high income country, LMIC = low- to middle-income country;
*Denotes outcomes are those which were included in the final list of outcomes for automatic inclusion in the COS.
**Participants not from either Western or Eastern countries were excluded from this analysis.