A novel use of the Spine Tango registry to evaluate selection bias in patient recruitment into clinical studies: an analysis of patients participating in the Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Outcome Study (LSOS)

Title : A novel use of the Spine Tango registry to evaluate selection bias in patient recruitment into clinical studies: an analysis of patients participating in the Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Outcome Study (LSOS)

Source : Cochrane
ID : 27844227
Authors : Becker HJ, Nauer S, Porchet F, Kleinstück FS, Haschtmann D, Fekete TF, Steurer J, Mannion AF
Year : 2016
Disease Category : Musculoskeletal disease
Focused Population : Not Specified
Priori/Posteriori : Posteriori
Single-study Generalibility? : Single
Score/Non-Score : Non-score
Tutorial/Method : Patient records and imaging were evaluated in relation to the admission criteria for LSOS to identify those who would have been eligible for participation but were not enrolled
Compared general demographic and patient characteristics : No
Compared disease-specific clinical characteristics : No
Compared adverse events : No
Compared outcomes/treatment effect (including survival) : No
Real-world data sources : eligible but not enrolled (registry) / all patients with lumbarspinal stenosis registered in our in-house database (inter-faced to Eurospine’s Spine Tango Registry) from 2011 to2013
Target Population Data Type Levels : Hospital