Publications by authors named "Olalekan L Aiyegbusi"

Purpose: Systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) are an important tool to guide the selection of OMIs for research and clinical practice. However, presenting the large amount of complex data pertaining both to the quality of each study (i.e.

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Effective care integration requires the right information, at the right time, with care and support delivered in the right environment. Patient-reported outcome measures [PROMs] offer a mechanism to support collaborative integrated care to help people understand their conditions better, live well, and remain independent. Through the lens of the delivery of integrated care in England, we consider the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of PROMs across health and care.

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Background: Advanced cell therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR T cell) therapies, offer novel opportunities for the treatment of advanced blood cancers such as lymphoma and leukaemia. However, as these therapies are relatively new, there is limited information on the experiences of patients and informal caregivers of the treatment which may influence the uptake of these therapies. The aim of this qualitative study was to explore their experiences to facilitate the identification of specific issues that should be addressed to positively impact patient outcomes and experiences of care.

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system. Common symptoms include physical disability, cognitive impairment, spasticity, fatigue, bowel/bladder dysfunction and depression. The use of patient-reported outcomes (PROs) can be used to systematically assess the burden of the disease and its impact on treatment and health-related quality of life.

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Background: Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies are effective for treating haematological cancers but carry risks of toxicity and substantial symptom burden. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) could significantly enhance clinical management for patients undergoing these treatments. However, guidance on selection of PRO measures for monitoring adverse event and quality of life after CAR T-cell therapy is limited.

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Background: The challenges and needs of people with brain tumors are complex and unique, particularly-but not limited to-the neurocognitive impacts they experience. These effects are subsequently impactful on their primary caregivers. Evidence suggests people with glioma and their caregivers experience a range of unmet needs in the clinical care setting.

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Background: Increasingly, patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are used to monitor chronic kidney disease (CKD) symptoms in routine clinical practice. However, such symptom measurement currently requires completion of multiple, often lengthy, PROMs, which may lead to questionnaire fatigue, lower levels of completion, and missing data. Moreover, many CKD-specific PROMs lack evidence of important measurement properties and few were developed using contemporary psychometric methods.

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Long COVID is highly prevalent and debilitating, with key symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness, and brain fog. Pacing is an approach to energy conservation used to help people with chronic conditions like ME/CFS manage the impact of their condition, and could be a useful strategy for people with Long COVID. The aim of this study was to explore the views and experiences of non-hospitalised adults with Long COVID of pacing as an intervention.

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Background: Using Patient Reported Outcomes (PROs) in clinical care can reduce healthcare service utilization by improving the quality of care. Telehealth, defined by WHO, as the use of "telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver healthcare outside of traditional healthcare facilities", can facilitate a dynamic dialogue between patients and healthcare providers for timely interventions. With the increased use of telehealth facilitated by the infrastructure development during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an opportunity to utilize telehealth for PRO implementation and a need for guidelines for using PROs via telehealth.

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Background: Patients, their family members and caregivers have firsthand experiences of living with or supporting someone living with a disease or medical condition. This knowledge by experience cannot be replaced by the knowledge acquired by clinicians, researchers, or other professionals through study and/or work. The Therapies for Long COVID in non-hospitalised individuals (TLC) research project was funded in the UK by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation to investigate the impact of long COVID on affected individuals.

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Decentralized clinical trials involving the use of digital tools to facilitate remote research are gaining momentum. Rapid advancements in digital technologies have supported the adoption of these trials. These innovations facilitate virtual interactions between clinical trial teams and participants by making it easier to collect, transfer and store electronic data.

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  • CAR T-cell therapy can cause serious side effects, highlighting the need to understand patient experiences and quality of life through patient-reported outcomes (PROs).
  • A study identified 178 relevant symptoms and concepts from 44 articles, which were categorized into four key areas: symptom burden, treatment impact, tolerability, and health-related quality of life.
  • A conceptual framework was developed to improve the collection of PRO data, ensuring that patient perspectives are considered in managing treatment for those with blood cancers undergoing CAR T-cell therapy.
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Post COVID-19 condition or long COVID is highly prevalent and often debilitating, with key symptoms including fatigue, breathlessness, and brain fog. There is currently a lack of evidence-based treatments for this highly complex syndrome. There is a need for clinical trial platforms to rapidly evaluate nonpharmacological treatments to support affected individuals with symptom management.

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Introduction: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are validated and standardised questionnaires that capture patients' own reports of their symptoms, functioning and well-being. PROMs can facilitate communication between patients and clinicians, reduce symptom burden, enhance quality of life and inform health service re-design. We aim to determine the acceptability of PROMs and the preferred timing of PROM completion in New South Wales (NSW) at the point of care, facilitated by the Health Outcomes and Patient Experiences (HOPE) platform.

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Purpose: Although comprehensive and widespread guidelines on how to conduct systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) exist, for example from the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) initiative, key information is often missing in published reports. This article describes the development of an extension of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guideline: PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024.

Methods: The development process followed the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) guidelines and included a literature search, expert consultations, a Delphi study, a hybrid workgroup meeting, pilot testing, and an end-of-project meeting, with integrated patient/public involvement.

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Purpose: Although comprehensive and widespread guidelines on how to conduct systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) exist, for example from the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) initiative, key information is often missing in published reports. This article describes the development of an extension of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guideline: PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024.

Methods: The development process followed the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) guidelines and included a literature search, expert consultations, a Delphi study, a hybrid workgroup meeting, pilot testing, and an end-of-project meeting, with integrated patient/public involvement.

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Purpose: Although comprehensive and widespread guidelines on how to conduct systematic reviews of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) exist, for example from the COSMIN (COnsensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement INstruments) initiative, key information is often missing in published reports. This article describes the development of an extension of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) 2020 guideline: PRISMA-COSMIN for OMIs 2024.

Methods: The development process followed the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research (EQUATOR) guidelines and included a literature search, expert consultations, a Delphi study, a hybrid workgroup meeting, pilot testing, and an end-of-project meeting, with integrated patient/public involvement.

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Purpose: Systematic reviews evaluating and comparing the measurement properties of outcome measurement instruments (OMIs) play an important role in OMI selection. Earlier overviews of review quality (2007, 2014) evidenced substantial concerns with regards to alignment to scientific standards. This overview aimed to investigate whether the quality of recent systematic reviews of OMIs lives up to the current scientific standards.

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  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a progressive liver disease without effective medical treatments, but new clinical trials are exploring innovative therapies despite varying outcomes and measurement inconsistencies.
  • There is a shift in treatment goals towards assessing liver fibrosis and patient-reported outcomes, indicating a need for a standardized approach to measure treatment effects across trials.
  • The development of a core outcome set (COS) will involve a systematic literature review, stakeholder interviews, a Delphi survey for prioritizing outcomes, and a consensus meeting to establish effective measures for future PSC clinical studies.
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  • The FDA's Project Optimus is encouraging the use of Patient-reported Outcome (PRO) data to better assess how tolerable new cancer therapies are in early clinical trials, moving beyond just clinician evaluations of side effects.
  • A virtual session engaged various experts and patient advocates to discuss how to effectively incorporate PROs in trial designs, highlighting the value of patient input in this process.
  • While there is support for using PROs, participants expressed concerns that it might lead to lower recommended doses and hesitation among patients to accurately report symptom severity.
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  • CAR T-cell therapies are new treatments for blood cancers but can cause serious side effects, so patients need careful monitoring.
  • This study is creating a digital system where patients can report their health and symptoms online to help their doctors keep track of their condition.
  • The research will involve different groups like patients, doctors, and researchers to test how well this system works and if it's easy for patients to use.
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Background: Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) have potential to support integrated health and social care research and practice; however, evidence of their utilisation has not been synthesised.

Objective: To identify PRO measures utilised in integrated care and adult social care research and practice and to chart the evidence of implementation factors influencing their uptake.

Design: Scoping review of peer-reviewed literature.

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