Kristian Thorborg's Phd Thesis

STUDY I
Validity, reliability and responsiveness of patient-reported outcome
questionnaires when assessing hip and groin disability:
a systematic review
Material and methods
A systematic review of the literature concerning assessment of hip and/or groin disability was
performed. The purpose with the review was to identify PRO questionnaires for patients with hip
and/or groin disability, and to evaluate the psychometric properties of these outcome measures.
Search strategy
The following bibliographic databases were searched: MEDLINE via Pubmed (from 1945 to January
2009), EMBASE via OVID (from 1980 to January 2009), CINAHL via Ebesco (from 1982 to January
2009), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (up to January 2009), PsycInfo via OVID (from
1806/1987 to January 2009), SportsDiscus (up to January 2009) and Web of Science (from 1900 to
January 2009). Our search strategy was:
Hip OR groin OR inguinal hernia
AND
Outcome assessment* OR self assessment* OR questionnaire*
AND
Reliability OR validity
The terms were searched as key words, in MEDLINE named MESH terms, in other databases Key
words, where possible and also as “free-text” words appearing anywhere in the reference fields.
From the retrieved and selected references, reference lists were checked for further relevant
studies. Finally, specific searches for identified questionnaires were carried out, and experts in the
field were contacted for possible additional references.
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