Table 5.
Final Core Outcome Set for Reporting Treatment of Simple Appendicitis in Children
| Core Area/Domain18 | Outcome Domain19 | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Death | 1. Mortality/survival | Disease or treatment related mortality |
| Physiological/clinical | 8. Gastrointestinal outcomes | Bowel obstruction |
| 12. Infection and infestation outcomes | Intra-abdominal abscess | |
| Recurrent appendicitis* | ||
| Complicated appendicitis* | ||
| Life impact | 31. Perceived health status | Time to return to baseline health status |
| 35. Hospital | Hospital readmission | |
| Resource use | 36. Need for further intervention | Reoperation |
| Unplanned appendectomy* | ||
| Adverse events | 38. Adverse events/effects | Adverse events as direct result of treatment |
| Major complication | ||
| Minor complication |
*
Primarily for research involving non-operative treatment of appendicitis.
For further explanations of each outcome’s meaning please see the “final core outcome set” section of the Results. Some suggestions for measurement tools can be found in the Discussion section and online supplement S8, http://links.lww.com/SLA/C837.