title: Core Outcome Sets and Multidimensional Assessment Tools for Harmonizing Outcome Measure in Chronic Pain and Back Pain.
abstract: Core Outcome Sets (COSs) are a set of domains and measurement instruments recommended for application in any clinical trial to ensure comparable outcome assessment (both domains and instruments). COSs are not exclusively recommended for clinical trials, but also for daily record keeping in routine care. There are several COS recommendations considering clinical trials as well as multidimensional assessment tools to support daily record keeping in low back pain. In this article, relevant initiatives will be described, and implications for research in COS development in chronic pain and back pain will be discussed.
authors: Comprehensive Pain Center, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. ulrike.kaiser.usc-tkl@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors: Ulrike
authors: U
authors: Kaiser
authors: Comprehensive Pain Center, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. katrin.neustadt@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors: Katrin
authors: K
authors: Neustadt
authors: Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. christian.kopkow@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors: Christian
authors: C
authors: Kopkow
authors: Center for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Medical Faculty, Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. jochen.schmitt@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors: Jochen
authors: J
authors: Schmitt
authors: Comprehensive Pain Center, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus", Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. rainer.sabatowski@uniklinikum-dresden.de.|Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital "Carl Gustav Carus",Technical University Dresden, Dresden 01307, Germany. rainer.sabatowski@uniklinikum-dresden.de.
authors: Rainer
authors: R
authors: Sabatowski
keywords: back pain; chronic pain; clinical trials; core outcome set; daily record keeping; effectiveness; efficacy; pain management