TY - JOUR
T1 - Reporting items for capillaroscopy in clinical research on musculoskeletal diseases
T2 - A systematic review and international Delphi consensus
AU - Ingegnoli, Francesca
AU - Herrick, Ariane L.
AU - Schioppo, Tommaso
AU - Bartoli, Francesca
AU - Ughi, Nicola
AU - Pauling, John D.
AU - Sulli, Alberto
AU - Cutolo, Maurizio
AU - Smith, Vanessa
AU - Akil, Mohammed
AU - Ancuta, Codrina
AU - Baines, Colin
AU - Bernard, Imbert
AU - Bhojani, Kaushik
AU - Blaise, Sophie
AU - Moscovici, Yolanda Braun
AU - Caporali, Roberto
AU - Chatelus, Emmanuel
AU - Chatterjee, Soumya
AU - Cracowski, Jean Luc
AU - Csuka, Mary Ellen
AU - Angelis, Rossella De
AU - Vries-Bouwstra, Jeska De
AU - Derk, Chris
AU - Distler, Oliver
AU - Duba, Ayyappa
AU - Fernandez-Codina, Andreu
AU - Foeldvari, Ivan
AU - Frech, Tracy
AU - Guerra, Miguel
AU - Guiducci, Serena
AU - Gyger, Geneviève
AU - Hernandez-Molina, Gabriela
AU - Hesselstrand, Roger
AU - Hinze, Alicia
AU - Hsu, Vivien
AU - Hughes, Michael
AU - Inanc, Murat
AU - Irace, Rosaria
AU - Koenig, Martial
AU - Lenaerts, Jan
AU - Lwin, Cho Mar
AU - Makol, Ashima
AU - Martin, Thierry
AU - Lopez, Maria Martin
AU - Medina, Yimy F.
AU - Merkel, Peter A.
AU - Mesa Navas, Miguel Antonio
AU - Messiniti, Valentina
AU - European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) study group on microcirculation in rheumatic diseases and the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium
A2 - Jacobsen, Soren
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/3/1
Y1 - 2021/3/1
N2 - Objectives: The level of detail included when describing nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) methods varies among research studies, making interpretation and comparison of results challenging. The overarching objective of the present study was to seek consensus on the reporting standards in NVC methodology for clinical research in rheumatic diseases and to propose a pragmatic reporting checklist. Methods: Based on the items derived from a systematic review focused on this topic, a three-step web-based Delphi consensus on minimum reporting standards in NVC was performed among members of the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases and the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium. Results: A total of 319 articles were selected by the systematic review, and 46 items were proposed in the Delphi process. This Delphi exercise was completed by 80 participants from 31 countries, including Australia and countries within Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Agreement was reached on items covering three main areas: Patient preparation before NVC (15 items), device description (5 items) and examination details (13 items). Conclusion: Based on the available evidence, the description of NVC methods was highly heterogeneous in the identified studies and differed markedly on several items. A reporting checklist of 33 items, based on practical suggestions made (using a Delphi process) by international participants, has been developed to provide guidance to improve and standardize the NVC methodology to be applied in future clinical research studies.
AB - Objectives: The level of detail included when describing nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) methods varies among research studies, making interpretation and comparison of results challenging. The overarching objective of the present study was to seek consensus on the reporting standards in NVC methodology for clinical research in rheumatic diseases and to propose a pragmatic reporting checklist. Methods: Based on the items derived from a systematic review focused on this topic, a three-step web-based Delphi consensus on minimum reporting standards in NVC was performed among members of the European League against Rheumatism (EULAR) Study Group on Microcirculation in Rheumatic Diseases and the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium. Results: A total of 319 articles were selected by the systematic review, and 46 items were proposed in the Delphi process. This Delphi exercise was completed by 80 participants from 31 countries, including Australia and countries within Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Agreement was reached on items covering three main areas: Patient preparation before NVC (15 items), device description (5 items) and examination details (13 items). Conclusion: Based on the available evidence, the description of NVC methods was highly heterogeneous in the identified studies and differed markedly on several items. A reporting checklist of 33 items, based on practical suggestions made (using a Delphi process) by international participants, has been developed to provide guidance to improve and standardize the NVC methodology to be applied in future clinical research studies.
KW - connective tissue disease
KW - consensus
KW - musculoskeletal diseases
KW - nailfold capillaroscopy
KW - reporting standard
KW - disease
KW - connective tissue
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U2 - 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa457
DO - 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa457
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 32984894
AN - SCOPUS:85102657551
SN - 1462-0324
VL - 60
SP - 1410
EP - 1418
JO - Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
JF - Rheumatology (United Kingdom)
IS - 3
ER -