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Table 3 COSMIN Risk of Bias assessment of studies and level of evidence for measurement properties

From: A systematic review and recommendations for prom instruments for older people with frailty in emergency care

Instrument

Paper(s)

Participants

Assessed measurement properties (lowest COSMIN rating)

Level of evidence

Development

Factors

Testing

PROM design

Content validity

Structural validity

Internal consistency

Criterion validity

Construct validity

Responsiveness

COOP/WONCA

Franke (2021)

118

–

–

–

–

–

–

D

Limited (+)

Duke

Perret-Guillaume (2010)

701

–

–

–

V

–

V

–

Strong (+)

EQ-5D-3L

Dzingina (2017)

783

–

–

A

–

–

V

–

Strong (+)

 

Lin (2020)

102

–

–

–

–

–

V

–

 

EQ-5D-5L

Sheehan (2012)

109

–

–

–

–

–

V

–

Strong (+)

MQoL-E

Cohen (2019)

803

A

A

V

V

–

–

–

Strong (+)

PcOS

Dzingina (2017)

783

–

–

A

–

–

V

–

Strong (+)

QoL-AD

Sheehan (2012)

109

–

–

–

–

–

V

–

Strong (+)

 

Torisson (2016)

199

–

–

A

V

–

V

–

 

RHDS-OP-SF

Mabire (2015)

998

–

–

V

V

V

–

–

Strong (+)

SF-36

Perret-Guillaume (2010)

701

–

–

–

V

–

V

–

Strong (+)

TOPICS-CEP

Hofman (2017)

17,603

–

–

–

–

–

V

–

Strong (+)

  1. Properties: V: very good, A: adequate, D: doubtful. Evidence: + : positive rating. Instruments: MQoL-E (McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire Expanded), PcOS (Palliative care Outcome Scale). QoL-AD (Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease), RHDS-OP-SF (Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for Older People), TOPICS-CEP (The Older Persons and Informal Caregivers Survey composite endpoint)
  2. No instruments had been evaluated for cross-cultural validity, reliability, or measurement error