. 2018 Sep 4;19(1):152.

doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0831-5.

Protocol for a Delphi consensus exercise to identify a core set of criteria for selecting health related outcome measures (HROM) to be used in primary health care

Pasqualina Santaguida¹, Lisa Dolovich^{2

3}, Doug Oliver⁴, Larkin Lamarche², Anne Gilsing⁵, Lauren E Griffith⁶, Julie Richardson⁷, Dee Mangin⁸, Monika Kastner⁹, Parminder Raina⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, HSC 3N50-G, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada. santag@mcmaster.ca.
² Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 5th Floor 100 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8P 1H6, Canada.
³ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3M2, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 3rd Floor, 100 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 175 Longwood Rd. S. Suite 207A, Hamilton, ON, L8P 0A1, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 175 Longwood Rd. S. Suite 309A, Hamilton, ON, L8P 0A1, Canada.
⁷ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main St. W. IAHS 443, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7A, Canada.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 5th Floor, 100 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6, Canada.

PMID: 30185172
PMCID: PMC6123958
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-018-0831-5

Protocol for a Delphi consensus exercise to identify a core set of criteria for selecting health related outcome measures (HROM) to be used in primary health care

Pasqualina Santaguida et al. BMC Fam Pract. 2018.

. 2018 Sep 4;19(1):152.

doi: 10.1186/s12875-018-0831-5.

Authors

Pasqualina Santaguida¹, Lisa Dolovich^{2

3}, Doug Oliver⁴, Larkin Lamarche², Anne Gilsing⁵, Lauren E Griffith⁶, Julie Richardson⁷, Dee Mangin⁸, Monika Kastner⁹, Parminder Raina⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, HSC 3N50-G, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L7, Canada. santag@mcmaster.ca.
² Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 5th Floor 100 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8P 1H6, Canada.
³ Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3M2, Canada.
⁴ Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 3rd Floor, 100 Main St West, Hamilton, ON, L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁵ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 175 Longwood Rd. S. Suite 207A, Hamilton, ON, L8P 0A1, Canada.
⁶ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 175 Longwood Rd. S. Suite 309A, Hamilton, ON, L8P 0A1, Canada.
⁷ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, McMaster University, 1400 Main St. W. IAHS 443, Hamilton, ON, L8S 1C7A, Canada.
⁸ Department of Family Medicine, DBHSC, McMaster University, 5th Floor, 100 Main St West, Hamilton, Ontario, L8P 1H6, Canada.
⁹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, 155 College Street, Toronto, ON, M5T 3M6, Canada.

PMID: 30185172
PMCID: PMC6123958
DOI: 10.1186/s12875-018-0831-5

Abstract

Background: Promoting the collection and use of health related outcome measures (HROM) in daily practice has long been a goal for improving and assessing the effectiveness of care provided to patients. However, there has been a lack of consensus on what criteria to use to select outcomes or instruments, particularly in the context of primary health care settings where patients present with multiple concurrent health conditions and interventions are whole-health and person-focused. The purpose of this proposed study is to undertake a formal consensus exercise to establish criteria for selecting HROM (including patient-reported (PRO or PROM), observer-reported (ObsR)), clinician-reported (ClinRO) and performance related outcomes (PerfO) for use in shared decision-making, or in assessing, screening or monitoring health status in primary health care settings.

Methods: A Delphi consensus online survey will be developed. Criteria for the Delphi panel participants to consider were selected from a targeted literature search. These initial criteria (n = 35) were grouped into four categories within which items will be presented in the Delphi survey, with the option to suggest additional items. Panel members invited to participate will include primary health care practitioners and administrators, policy-makers, researchers, and experts in HROM development; patients will be excluded. Standard Delphi methodology will be employed with an expectation of at least 3 rounds to achieve consensus (75% agreement). As the final list of criteria for selecting HROM emerges, panel members will be asked to provide opinions about potential weighting of items. The Delphi survey was approved by the Ethics Committee in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University.

Discussion: Previous literature establishing criteria for selecting HROM were developed with a focus on patient reported outcomes, psychological/ behavioural outcomes or outcomes for minimum core outcome sets in clinical trials. Although helpful, these criteria may not be applicable and feasible for application in a primary health care context where patients with multi-morbidity and complex interventions are typical and the constraints of providing health services differ from those in research studies. The findings from this Delphi consensus study will address a gap for establishing consensus on criteria for selecting HROM for use across primary health care settings.

Keywords: Delphi consensus; Primary health care; Protocol; Selection of outcomes.

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Ethics approval and consent to participate

Approval for this Delphi study was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (RB 15–207) at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. Delphi participants will be required to consent to participation in the online survey.

Competing interests

Research.

Parminder Raina holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geroscience and the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging
Lauren Griffith PhD is supported by a Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigators Award and the McLaughlin Foundation Professorship in Population and Public Health
The other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Figures

**Fig. 1**
Anticipated rounds of the Delphi consensus exercise and timing of soliciting opinions on clinical scenarios and core outcomes

**Fig. 2**
Core areas for health-related outcome measures (HROM) to be used in primary health care

**Fig. 3**
Categorization (grouping) of criteria to consider for selecting outcomes in primary health care; some examples of criteria within each categorization are shown

**Fig. 4**
Four clinical purposes of using outcomes and these include activities that Engage, Assess, Screen, and Monitor primary health care patients

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