Published in BMC Med Res Methodol on September 22, 2010
The COSMIN checklist for evaluating the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties: a clarification of its content. BMC Med Res Methodol (2010) 4.10
Measurement properties of disease-specific questionnaires in patients with neck pain: a systematic review. Qual Life Res (2011) 1.39
Patient-Reported Outcome questionnaires for hip arthroscopy: a systematic review of the psychometric evidence. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2011) 1.23
Pain management in patients with dementia. Clin Interv Aging (2013) 1.15
The COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) and how to select an outcome measurement instrument. Braz J Phys Ther (2016) 1.10
Clinical outcomes assessment in clinical trials to assess treatment of femoroacetabular impingement: use of patient-reported outcome measures. J Am Acad Orthop Surg (2013) 0.96
Self-management: a systematic review of outcome measures adopted in self-management interventions for stroke. Disabil Rehabil (2012) 0.84
Validation of online psychometric instruments for common mental health disorders: a systematic review. BMC Psychiatry (2016) 0.83
Checklist to operationalize measurement characteristics of patient-reported outcome measures. Syst Rev (2016) 0.81
The reliability of a quality appraisal tool for studies of diagnostic reliability (QAREL). BMC Med Res Methodol (2013) 0.81
Measurement of physician-patient communication--a systematic review. PLoS One (2014) 0.80
Development of an online library of patient-reported outcome measures in gastroenterology: the GI-PRO database. Am J Gastroenterol (2013) 0.80
Toward patient-centered care: a systematic review of how to ask questions that matter to patients. Medicine (Baltimore) (2014) 0.79
Measurement properties of questionnaires assessing complementary and alternative medicine use in pediatrics: a systematic review. PLoS One (2012) 0.79
The Brazilian Portuguese version of the revised Maastricht Upper Extremity Questionnaire (MUEQ-Br revised): translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability, and structural validation. BMC Musculoskelet Disord (2015) 0.79
An evaluation of psychometric properties of caregiver burden outcome measures used in caregivers of children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev (2016) 0.77
Novel use of the Nintendo Wii board as a measure of reaction time: a study of reproducibility in older and younger adults. BMC Geriatr (2015) 0.76
Concurrent Validation of the Banff Patella Instability Instrument to the Norwich Patellar Instability Score and the Kujala Score in Patients With Patellofemoral Instability. Orthop J Sports Med (2016) 0.76
Measuring symptoms in gastrointestinal cancer: a systematic review of assessment instruments. Support Care Cancer (2014) 0.76
Quality of pharmaceutical care at the pharmacy counter: patients' experiences versus video observation. Patient Prefer Adherence (2016) 0.75
Consensus on measurement properties and feasibility of performance tests for the exercise and sport sciences: a Delphi study. Sports Med Open (2017) 0.75
Evaluation of measurement properties of self-administered PROMs aimed at patients with non-specific shoulder pain and "activity limitations": a systematic review. Qual Life Res (2016) 0.75
Systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) for assessing disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open (2016) 0.75
Measurement properties of self-report physical activity assessment tools in stroke: a protocol for a systematic review. BMJ Open (2017) 0.75
Responsiveness of the individual work performance questionnaire. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.75
Clinimetric properties of the Nociception Coma Scale (-Revised): A systematic review. Eur J Pain (2017) 0.75
Instruments to measure anxiety in children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer (2017) 0.75
Raising the profile of pilot and feasibility studies in relation to the development, evaluation and implementation of patient-reported outcome measures. Pilot Feasibility Stud (2017) 0.75
The COSMIN study reached international consensus on taxonomy, terminology, and definitions of measurement properties for health-related patient-reported outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 6.61
The COSMIN checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status measurement instruments: an international Delphi study. Qual Life Res (2010) 6.09
The COSMIN checklist for evaluating the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties: a clarification of its content. BMC Med Res Methodol (2010) 4.10
Kappa coefficients in medical research. Stat Med (2002) 2.95
The dependence of Cohen's kappa on the prevalence does not matter. J Clin Epidemiol (2005) 1.68
Development of EMPRO: a tool for the standardized assessment of patient-reported outcome measures. Value Health (2008) 1.54
A unified approach for assessing agreement for continuous and categorical data. J Biopharm Stat (2007) 1.22
Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies. BMC Med Res Methodol (2006) 1.06
Evaluating the quality of reporting occupational therapy randomized controlled trials by expanding the CONSORT criteria. Am J Occup Ther (2006) 1.03
Prevalence, severity, and unmet need for treatment of mental disorders in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. JAMA (2004) 22.38
Quality criteria were proposed for measurement properties of health status questionnaires. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 20.17
Development of AMSTAR: a measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. BMC Med Res Methodol (2007) 13.46
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. BMJ (2003) 10.80
The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med (2003) 10.28
Assessing health status and quality-of-life instruments: attributes and review criteria. Qual Life Res (2002) 9.99
How to measure comorbidity. a critical review of available methods. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 9.58
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes who are not using insulin: a systematic review. Diabetes Care (2005) 8.94
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD Initiative. Ann Intern Med (2003) 8.58
Use of mental health services for anxiety, mood, and substance disorders in 17 countries in the WHO world mental health surveys. Lancet (2007) 8.24
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Clin Chem (2003) 8.13
The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Clin Chem (2003) 7.92
Splinting vs surgery in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2002) 7.31
Interpreting change scores for pain and functional status in low back pain: towards international consensus regarding minimal important change. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 6.88
The COSMIN study reached international consensus on taxonomy, terminology, and definitions of measurement properties for health-related patient-reported outcomes. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 6.61
Lifetime prevalence and age-of-onset distributions of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative. World Psychiatry (2007) 6.46
The COSMIN checklist for assessing the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties of health status measurement instruments: an international Delphi study. Qual Life Res (2010) 6.09
AMSTAR is a reliable and valid measurement tool to assess the methodological quality of systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol (2009) 6.00
Cross-national prevalence and risk factors for suicidal ideation, plans and attempts. Br J Psychiatry (2008) 5.90
When to use agreement versus reliability measures. J Clin Epidemiol (2006) 5.24
Cost of disorders of the brain in Europe 2010. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol (2011) 4.63
Cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV major depressive episode. BMC Med (2011) 4.52
Age of onset of mental disorders: a review of recent literature. Curr Opin Psychiatry (2007) 4.46
Corticosteroid injections, physiotherapy, or a wait-and-see policy for lateral epicondylitis: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2002) 4.39
Conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic studies: didactic guidelines. BMC Med Res Methodol (2002) 4.19
The COSMIN checklist for evaluating the methodological quality of studies on measurement properties: a clarification of its content. BMC Med Res Methodol (2010) 4.10
Prevalence and prognostic value of CSF markers of Alzheimer's disease pathology in patients with subjective cognitive impairment or mild cognitive impairment in the DESCRIPA study: a prospective cohort study. Lancet Neurol (2009) 3.65
Episodes of low back pain: a proposal for uniform definitions to be used in research. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2002) 3.63
The global burden of mental disorders: an update from the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Epidemiol Psichiatr Soc (2009) 3.55
Clinically important outcomes in low back pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol (2005) 3.50
Prevention of hip fractures by external hip protectors: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2003) 3.46
Childhood adversities and adult psychopathology in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Br J Psychiatry (2010) 3.38
Adiposity in relation to vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone levels: a population-based study in older men and women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 3.36
Rating the methodological quality in systematic reviews of studies on measurement properties: a scoring system for the COSMIN checklist. Qual Life Res (2011) 3.27
Validity of composite end points in clinical trials. BMJ (2005) 3.26
Moderate alcohol consumption lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective observational studies. Diabetes Care (2005) 3.19
Family satisfaction with family conferences about end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: increased proportion of family speech is associated with increased satisfaction. Crit Care Med (2004) 3.18
Physical activity questionnaires for adults: a systematic review of measurement properties. Sports Med (2010) 3.15
Manual therapy, physical therapy, or continued care by a general practitioner for patients with neck pain. A randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med (2002) 3.13
The Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA) among older adults. Prev Chronic Dis (2006) 3.12
Problems with use of composite end points in cardiovascular trials: systematic review of randomised controlled trials. BMJ (2007) 3.06
Effects of acupuncture on rates of pregnancy and live birth among women undergoing in vitro fertilisation: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2008) 3.05
Trunk fat and leg fat have independent and opposite associations with fasting and postload glucose levels: the Hoorn study. Diabetes Care (2004) 3.02
Development of lifetime comorbidity in the World Health Organization world mental health surveys. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2011) 3.01
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Fam Pract (2004) 2.99
Mental disorders among persons with chronic back or neck pain: results from the World Mental Health Surveys. Pain (2007) 2.95
Alanine aminotransferase predicts coronary heart disease events: a 10-year follow-up of the Hoorn Study. Atherosclerosis (2006) 2.95
Value of symptoms and additional diagnostic tests for colorectal cancer in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (2010) 2.94
A consensus approach toward the standardization of back pain definitions for use in prevalence studies. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2008) 2.94
Software-recorded and self-reported duration of computer use in relation to the onset of severe arm-wrist-hand pain and neck-shoulder pain. Occup Environ Med (2010) 2.89
The use of patient-reported outcomes instruments in registered clinical trials: evidence from ClinicalTrials.gov. Contemp Clin Trials (2009) 2.88
Minimal changes in health status questionnaires: distinction between minimally detectable change and minimally important change. Health Qual Life Outcomes (2006) 2.88
Efficacy of spinal manipulation and mobilization for low back pain and neck pain: a systematic review and best evidence synthesis. Spine J (2004) 2.87
The Four-Dimensional Symptom Questionnaire (4DSQ): a validation study of a multidimensional self-report questionnaire to assess distress, depression, anxiety and somatization. BMC Psychiatry (2006) 2.80
Workplace interventions for preventing work disability. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2009) 2.75
Twelve-month prevalence of and risk factors for suicide attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. J Clin Psychiatry (2010) 2.75
Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for subacute low back pain: graded activity or workplace intervention or both? A randomized controlled trial. Spine (Phila Pa 1976) (2007) 2.74
Risk factors for incident retinopathy in a diabetic and nondiabetic population: the Hoorn study. Arch Ophthalmol (2003) 2.74
Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD Initiative. Radiology (2003) 2.73
Health-related quality of life measurement in children and adolescents: a systematic review of generic and disease-specific instruments. Value Health (2007) 2.72
Associations of hip and thigh circumferences independent of waist circumference with the incidence of type 2 diabetes: the Hoorn Study. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 2.70
External validation of a measurement tool to assess systematic reviews (AMSTAR). PLoS One (2007) 2.70
Vitamin D status predicts physical performance and its decline in older persons. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2007) 2.68
Lateral epicondylitis in general practice: course and prognostic indicators of outcome. J Rheumatol (2006) 2.66
Metabolic syndrome and 10-year cardiovascular disease risk in the Hoorn Study. Circulation (2005) 2.66
Health-related quality of life and mortality in male patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2002) 2.63
Delay and failure in treatment seeking after first onset of mental disorders in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative. World Psychiatry (2007) 2.63
Occupational therapy for stroke patients: a systematic review. Stroke (2003) 2.62