CONSORT Plus Guideline: Outcome Assessment

University of California San Francisco

Here are the required and recommended information to be reported about a trial's outcome assessment. The bolded items are part of the Minimal Data Set.

Click on Descriptor Name for an example of the item.

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Outcome Assessment

Heading	Required Items	Recommended Items	Optional Items
Outcome Assessment, Main Study Outcomes	Assessment methods Method of blinding of assessors to participants' intervention	Validity and reproducibility of assessment methods Method of blinding of assessors to results	Description of assessors and training
Outcome Assessment, Side Effects	Assessment methods	Method of blinding of assessors to participants' intervention Method of blinding of assessors to results	Validity and reproducibility of assessment methods Description of assessors and training
Schedule of Assessments	Timing and schedule of assessments		Explanation for timing and schedule of assessments[1]

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