However, the scales picked are widely used in FM clinical trials to assess subjective outcomes, and some scales are recommended to healthcare providers for assessment of symptoms.
Outcome for cerebral microdialysis was measured as poor outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale score 1, 2 and 3) or good outcome (Glasgow Outcome Scale score 4 and 5).
Further, the collaborative is developing an integrated assessment process for both the broadening participation outcomes and the scale-up process, to improve the availability of longitudinal data and allow multi-state longitudinal data collection and evaluation.
The severity of the dysphagia was evaluated using the Dysphagia Outcome and Severity Scale (DOSS), a 7-point scale developed to systematically rate the functional severity of dysphagia [ 38].
All the reviews included, however, had to contend with extensive heterogeneity in interventions, patient populations, and outcomes scales and times and with inadequate descriptions of control conditions, all of which made pooling difficult.
A majority of epidemiology studies are examining the associations between exposures and/or body burden estimates and autistic outcomes, and several large scale studies are ongoing at present.
The ICU mortality was the main outcome measure; Glasgow Outcome Scale and 3-month mortality were also assessed.
Reviewing neurosurgical literature regarding methods used for measuring outcome, the Glasgow outcome scale (GOS) and Rankin scale are mostly mentioned.
Differences in secondary outcomes were examined using the Wilcoxon signed ranks test given that the outcomes were paired and scaled in an ordinal fashion.
For each study, the defined objective, evaluation method, primary outcome, type of control and scale were extracted.
