Alexander Obbarius, Lisa van Maasakkers, Lee Baer, David M. Clark, Anne G. Crocker, Edwin de Beurs, Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, Toshi A. Furukawa, Erik Hedman-Lagerlof, Maria Kangas, Lucie Langford, Alain Lesage, Doris M. Mwesigire, Sandra Nolte, Vikram Patel, Paul A. Pilkonis, Harold A. Pincus, Roberta A. Reis, Graciela Rojas, Cathy Sherbourne, Dave Smithson, Caleb Stowell, Kelly Woolaway-Bickel, Matthias Rose
Disease Category: Mental health
Disease Name: Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Age Range: 14 - 100
Sex: Either
Nature of Intervention: Any
- Clinical experts
- Consumers (patients)
- Methodologists
- Patient/ support group representatives
- Researchers
- COS for practice
- COS for clinical trials or clinical research
- Delphi process
- Interview
- Literature review
- Survey
- Teleconferences
A structured consensus-driven modified Delphi technique was used to develop the ICHOM standard set. Over a period of eleven months, the Working Group met monthly by teleconference. Preparation of the meetings and surveys, guided by the ICHOM framework. In preparation of the teleconference calls, a comprehensive literature search was conducted
for each outcome domain or case-mix factor, augmented by interviews with the patient representatives in the Working Group and selected experts.