Standardization of health outcomes assessment for depression and anxiety: recommendations from the ICHOM Depression and Anxiety Working Group

Contributors

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

Publication

Journal: Qual Life Res
Volume: 26
Issue:
Pages: 3211 - 3225
Year: 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-017-1659-5

Further Study Information

Current Stage: Not Applicable
Date:
Funding source(s): ICHOM


Health Area

Disease Category: Mental health

Disease Name: Anxiety, Depression, Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Target Population

Age Range: 14 - 100

Sex: Either

Nature of Intervention: Any

Stakeholders Involved

- Clinical experts
- Consumers (patients)
- Methodologists
- Patient/ support group representatives
- Researchers

Study Type

- COS for practice
- COS for clinical trials or clinical research

Method(s)

- 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.