A Core Outcome Set for Research Evaluating Interventions to Enable Communication in Patients With an Artificial Airway: An International Delphi Consensus Study (Communication Core Outcome Set (Comm-COS))
Authors' conclusion
This is the first COS to specifically focus on communication for critically ill adults.
Study context
- Population
- Critically ill adults requiring artificial airways (communication interventions research)voted in Delphi round 1
- Participants
- 134 adults
- Comparison
- Patient/family vs Clinicians vs Researchers
- Patient/familyn = 15
- Cliniciansn = 91
- Researchersn = 28
- Outcome
- Comm-COS outcomes
Methodological detailsinternational, systematic review, patient/family interviews, two-round modified Delphi, virtual consensus meetings with final voting round
- International
- Systematic review
- Patient/family interviews
- Two-round modified Delphi
- Virtual consensus meetings with final voting round
Recommendations
As reported in the abstract
Comm-COS includes seven outcomes
7
Further findings
Outcome identification and Delphi process
- Outcomes identified via systematic review
- 59
- Unique outcomes from qualitative interviews
- 3
- Outcomes from steering committee
- 2
- Outcomes presented in Delphi round 1 after item reduction
- 32
- Additional outcomes added to round 2
- 9
- Participants voting in round 2
- 106 (81%)
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Original publication
A Core Outcome Set for Research Evaluating Interventions to Enable Communication in Patients With an Artificial Airway: An International Delphi Consensus Study (Comm-COS). Crit Care Med. Published 20 June 2024. doi:10.
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