Improving quality of care through patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs): expert interviews using the NHS PROMs Programme and the Swedish quality registers for knee and hip arthroplasty as examples

Table 2 In- and exclusion criteria for systematic search and review

Inclusion criteria:
Swedish Hip or Knee Arthroplasty Registers
- reference to Swedish Hip or Knee Arthroplasty register or related data set
AND reference to integration or utilization of PROMs in the registries
AND
- primary research
- published in English language
- access to the full-text
NHS PROMs Programme
- reference to the NHS PROMs programme or related data set
AND
- primary research
- published in English language
- access to the full-text
Exclusion criteria:
- reference to other registries OR other Quality Outcomes Framework PROMs efforts
- other registries, such as the National Joint Registry
- secondary research, e.g. systematic literature review, books
- conceptual papers to inform or challenge PROMs’ development
- studies conducted to inform the development of the NHS PROMs programme e.g. published before the Swedish Arthroplasty Register or NHS PROMs programme existed

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