Interpretation of COSMIN systematic evaluation guidelines for patient-reported outcome measures version 2.0_Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine

Authors：

GAO Yixuan ^1,2 , LIANG Shasha ¹ , SUN Yanan ³ ,  QIU Ruijin ¹ ,  YU Changhe ¹

1. Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700, P. R. China;
2. Affiliated Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830000, P. R. China;
3. Traditional Chinese Medicine Department, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, P. R. China;

Corresponding?author：

QIU Ruijin, Email: psddqxn@163.com; YU Changhe, Email: yakno2@163.com

Keywords：

Systematic review; Patient-reported outcome measures; COSMIN guidelines

DOI：

10.7507/1672-2531.202506163

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Systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) is crucial for identifying high-quality PROMs for research and clinical practice. It ensures reliable health outcomes data collection. But current PROMs systematic review reports vary in quality and have many defects. To address this, in 2024, the guideline research team updated and published the COSMIN guideline V2.0 for PROMs systematic review and two other tools in the Quality of Life Research. This paper interprets the guideline development team, method, and the core content of the COSMIN guideline V2.0. It also uses specific examples to promote standardized PROMs selection and clinical application, aiming to help domestic researchers improve the quality of such systematic reviews.

Citation： GAO Yixuan, LIANG Shasha, SUN Yanan, QIU Ruijin, YU Changhe. Interpretation of COSMIN systematic evaluation guidelines for patient-reported outcome measures version 2.0. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2025, 25(12): 1463-1468. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.202506163 Copy

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2. Williamson PR, Altman DG, Bagley H, et al. The COMET handbook: version 1. 0. Trials, 2017, 18(Suppl 3): 280.
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16. Terwee CB, Elders PJM, Blom MT, et al. Patient-reported outcomes for people with diabetes: what and how to measure. A narrative review. Diabetologia, 2023, 66(8): 1357-1377.
17. van Andel EM, Koopmann BDM, Crouwel F, et al. Systematic review of development and content validity of patient-reported outcome measures in inflammatory bowel disease: do we measure what we measure. J Crohns Colitis, 2020, 14(9): 1299-1315.
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19. Stallwood E, Elsman EBM, Monsour A, et al. Measurement properties of patient reported outcome scales: a systematic review. Pediatrics, 2023, 152(2): e2023061489.
20. Mokkink LB, Boers M, van der Vleuten CPM, et al. COSMIN risk of bias tool to assess the quality of studies on reliability or measurement error of outcome measurement instruments: a Delphi study. BMC Med Res Methodol, 2020, 20(1): 293.
21. Elsman EBM, Mokkink LB, Terwee CB, et al. Guideline for reporting systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs): PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024. Qual Life Res, 2024, 33(8): 2029-2046.
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23. Deeks JJ, Bossuyt PM. Cochrane handbook for systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (Version 2.0). 2023.
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