Generating a list of potentially important contextual factors covering randomized trials, cohorts, and measurement property studies: An OMERACT initiative

Affiliations

• ¹ Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Osteology, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Heubnerweg 2, 14059 Berlin, Germany. Electronic address: [email protected].
• ² Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Health Services Research and Section of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
• ³ Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Internal Medicine, Piedmont Hospital, Macon, GA, USA.
• ⁴ Université de Lorraine, Inserm, INSPIIRE, Nancy, France.
• ⁵ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
• ⁶ Department of Pharmacy, Sint Maartenskliniek, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• ⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
• ⁸ Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit of Rheumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Department of Rehabilitation, Municipality of Guldborgsund, Nykoebing F, Denmark.
• ⁹ School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada; Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada; Institut du savoir Montfort, Ottawa, Canada.
• ¹⁰ The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
• ¹¹ Sheng Consulting, LLC, USA; The Peace Corps, Washington, DC, USA.
• ¹² Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
• ¹³ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
• ¹⁴ Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
• ¹⁵ School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Centre for Pain IMPACT, Neuroscience Research Australia, Sydney, Australia.
• ¹⁶ Healthy Motivation, and Bone and Joint Decade, the Global Alliance for Musculoskeletal Health, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
• ¹⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Osteology, Schlosspark-Klinik, University Medicine Berlin, Heubnerweg 2, 14059 Berlin, Germany.
• ¹⁸ Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• ¹⁹ Florance and Cope Professorial Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Kolling Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
• ²⁰ Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
• ²¹ Section for Biostatistics and Evidence-Based Research, the Parker Institute, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, Research Unit of Rheumatology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark.