1전남대학교 간호대학 교수
2연세대학교 간호대학 교수
3아주대학교 보건대학원 교수
1Professor, College of Nursing, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Korea
2Professor, College of Nursing, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
3Graduate School of Public Health, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea
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Conflict of interest
Duck-Hee Chae has been an editorial board member of the Research in Community and Public Health Nursing. She was not involved in the review process of this manuscript. No conflict of interest has been declared by all authors.
Funding
None.
Authors’ contributions
Duck-Hee Chae and Jiyeon Lee contributed to data curation, formal analysis, investigation, writing -review & editing, and validation. Eun-Hyun Lee contributed conceptualization, formal analysis, investigation, writing-original draft, supervision, and validation.
Data availability
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Acknowledgments
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Author | Concept | Population | Aim of the systematic review ① | Eligibility criteria ② | Searching strategies: searching filters for 4 key elements† per searching database ③ | Conducting the literature search: used databases ④ | |||
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Kim & Lee‡ [8] | Posttraumatic growth | Breast cancer | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a posttraumatic growth in breast cancer | ○ | △ | △ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO et al. | ||||||||
Screened by two researchers. | |||||||||
Oh et al.‡ [9] | Social adjustment | Youth after treatment of childhood cancer | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a social adjustment in youth after treatment of childhood cancer | ○ | △ | ○ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used for population. | Medline, EMBASE et al. | ||||||||
Kang er al. [10] | Physical impairment in post-intensive care syndrome | Patients with experience administered in an intensive care unit | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a physical impairment in post-intensive care syndrome of intensive care unit survivors | △ | △ | ○ | |||
Cross-sectional, experimental, and cohort studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library et al. | |||||||
Kim & Lee [11] | Sleep quality | Adults with trauma experience | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | △ | △ | △ | |||
Cross-sectional and randomized controlled studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library et al. | |||||||
Screened by two researchers. | |||||||||
Lee et al. [12] | Constipation symptoms | Patients | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMs that aim to measure constipation symptoms in patients | ○ | △ | ○ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO | ||||||||
Kim et al. [13] | Discharge readiness | Parents of high-risk infants | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure discharge readiness in the patents of high-risk infants | △ | △ | ○ | |||
Cross-sectional, randomized controlled, experimental, and cohort studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO et al. | |||||||
Kim et al. [14] | Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms | North Korean defectors | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in North Korean defectors | △ | △ | ○ | |||
All kinds of study designs were included. | Searching filters only for construct and population were used. | Medline, EMBASE et al. | |||||||
Ahn & Kim [15] | eHealth literacy | Community population | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure eHealth literacy within community settings | ○ | △ | △ | |||
Primitive searching filters were used for population and type of instrument. | PubMed, CINAHL et al. | ||||||||
Author | PROM characteristics ⑤ | Evaluation of measurement properties ⑥ | Selection of the best PROM ⑦ | Writing report (published journal) ⑧ | |||||
Characteristics of the study population ⑥-1 | Methodological quality of studies based on COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist ⑥-2 | Rating of the study results against criteria for good measurement properties ⑥-3 | Summarizing the results per a PROM: quantitative summary or quantitative pooling ⑥-4 | Rating the summarized results against criteria for good measurement properties ⑥-5 | Grading the quality of the evidence ⑥-6 | ||||
Kim & Lee‡ [8] | ○ | △ | ○ | - | - | - | - | Unclear | Korean Journal of Adult Nursing |
PROM name, Language, Number of subscales/items, Administration mode | Participants, Languages, | ||||||||
Oh et al.‡ [9] | ○ | △ | ○ | ○ | - | △ | Recommendation against its use. | Child Health Nursing Research | |
PROM name, Number of subscales/items, Response options, | Language | Problem with the classification of PROMs | |||||||
Kang et al. [10] | ○ | △ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Number of subscales/items | Disease characteristics | ||||||||
Kim & Lee [11] | ○ | △ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Unclear | Korean Journal of Adult Nursing |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Number of subscales/items, Response options | Participants, Sex, Age, Sample size | ||||||||
Lee et al. [12] | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ | - | - | Not enough evidence. | Journal of Neurogastroentolology and Motility |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Language, Number of subscales/items, Response options, recall period | Participants, Location of study, Sample size, Type of constipation | Psychometric results of the Bowel Function Index were not summarized. | |||||||
Kim et al. [13] | ○ | ○ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items | Participants, Sample size | ||||||||
Kim et al. [14] | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Psychiatry Investigation |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items | Participants, Sample size, Age, Spent time in South Korea | ||||||||
Ahn & Kim [15] | ○ | ○ | ○ | - | - | - | Unclear | Research in Community and Public Nursing | |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items, Response options | Participants, Age, Country, Sample size |
Author | Concept | Population | Aim of the systematic review ① | Eligibility criteria ② | Searching strategies: searching filters for 4 key elements |
Conducting the literature search: used databases ④ | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kim & Lee |
Posttraumatic growth | Breast cancer | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a posttraumatic growth in breast cancer | ○ | △ | △ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO et al. | ||||||||
Screened by two researchers. | |||||||||
Oh et al. |
Social adjustment | Youth after treatment of childhood cancer | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a social adjustment in youth after treatment of childhood cancer | ○ | △ | ○ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used for population. | Medline, EMBASE et al. | ||||||||
Kang er al. [10] | Physical impairment in post-intensive care syndrome | Patients with experience administered in an intensive care unit | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure a physical impairment in post-intensive care syndrome of intensive care unit survivors | △ | △ | ○ | |||
Cross-sectional, experimental, and cohort studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library et al. | |||||||
Kim & Lee [11] | Sleep quality | Adults with trauma experience | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | △ | △ | △ | |||
Cross-sectional and randomized controlled studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library et al. | |||||||
Screened by two researchers. | |||||||||
Lee et al. [12] | Constipation symptoms | Patients | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMs that aim to measure constipation symptoms in patients | ○ | △ | ○ | |||
Primitive searching terms were used. | PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO | ||||||||
Kim et al. [13] | Discharge readiness | Parents of high-risk infants | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure discharge readiness in the patents of high-risk infants | △ | △ | ○ | |||
Cross-sectional, randomized controlled, experimental, and cohort studies were included. | Primitive searching terms were used. | Medline, EMBASE, and PsycINFO et al. | |||||||
Kim et al. [14] | Posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms | North Korean defectors | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in North Korean defectors | △ | △ | ○ | |||
All kinds of study designs were included. | Searching filters only for construct and population were used. | Medline, EMBASE et al. | |||||||
Ahn & Kim [15] | eHealth literacy | Community population | Systematic review of all available studies on the quality of a selection of PROMsthat aim to measure eHealth literacy within community settings | ○ | △ | △ | |||
Primitive searching filters were used for population and type of instrument. | PubMed, CINAHL et al. | ||||||||
Author | PROM characteristics ⑤ | Evaluation of measurement properties ⑥ | Selection of the best PROM ⑦ | Writing report (published journal) ⑧ | |||||
Characteristics of the study population ⑥-1 | Methodological quality of studies based on COSMIN Risk of Bias checklist ⑥-2 | Rating of the study results against criteria for good measurement properties ⑥-3 | Summarizing the results per a PROM: quantitative summary or quantitative pooling ⑥-4 | Rating the summarized results against criteria for good measurement properties ⑥-5 | Grading the quality of the evidence ⑥-6 | ||||
Kim & Lee |
○ | △ | ○ | - | - | - | - | Unclear | Korean Journal of Adult Nursing |
PROM name, Language, Number of subscales/items, Administration mode | Participants, Languages, | ||||||||
Oh et al. |
○ | △ | ○ | ○ | - | △ | Recommendation against its use. | Child Health Nursing Research | |
PROM name, Number of subscales/items, Response options, | Language | Problem with the classification of PROMs | |||||||
Kang et al. [10] | ○ | △ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Journal of Korean Critical Care Nursing |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Number of subscales/items | Disease characteristics | ||||||||
Kim & Lee [11] | ○ | △ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Unclear | Korean Journal of Adult Nursing |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Number of subscales/items, Response options | Participants, Sex, Age, Sample size | ||||||||
Lee et al. [12] | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | △ | - | - | Not enough evidence. | Journal of Neurogastroentolology and Motility |
PROM name, Administration mode, Country, Language, Number of subscales/items, Response options, recall period | Participants, Location of study, Sample size, Type of constipation | Psychometric results of the Bowel Function Index were not summarized. | |||||||
Kim et al. [13] | ○ | ○ | - | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Journal of the Korean Society of Maternal and Child Health |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items | Participants, Sample size | ||||||||
Kim et al. [14] | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | - | - | - | Recommendation against its use. | Psychiatry Investigation |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items | Participants, Sample size, Age, Spent time in South Korea | ||||||||
Ahn & Kim [15] | ○ | ○ | ○ | - | - | - | Unclear | Research in Community and Public Nursing | |
PROM name, Country, Number of subscales/items, Response options | Participants, Age, Country, Sample size |
construct, population, type of instrument, and measurement properties. An old guideline before the version 1.0 was applied. ①~⑧: Eight steps of COSMIN systematic review. ○ sufficient information; △ Information was provided, but not enough or partially incorrect; - No information.