The International criteria for reporting study Quality for Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death tool: IQ-SCAD
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Edwards, J., Compton, C., Chatrath, N., Petek, B., Baggish, A., Borjesson, M., Chung, E., Corrado, D., Drezner, J., Gati, S., Gray, B., Kim, J., Lagerche, A., Malhotra, A., Marijon, E., Papadakis, M., Pelliccia, A., Phelan, D., Semsarian, C.B., Sharma, S., Sharma, R., O'Driscoll, J. and Harmon, K. 2024. The International criteria for reporting study Quality for Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death tool: IQ-SCAD. Journal of the American Heart Association.
Authors | Edwards, J., Compton, C., Chatrath, N., Petek, B., Baggish, A., Borjesson, M., Chung, E., Corrado, D., Drezner, J., Gati, S., Gray, B., Kim, J., Lagerche, A., Malhotra, A., Marijon, E., Papadakis, M., Pelliccia, A., Phelan, D., Semsarian, C.B., Sharma, S., Sharma, R., O'Driscoll, J. and Harmon, K. |
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Abstract | Background Studies reporting on the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest and/or death (SCA/D) in athletes commonly lack methodological and reporting rigour, which has implications for screening and preventative policy in sport. To date, there are no tools designed for assessing study quality in studies investigating the incidence of SCA/D in athletes. Methods and Results The International criteria for reporting study Quality for Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death tool (IQ-SCA/D) was developed following a Delphi process. Sixteen international experts in sports cardiology were identified and invited. Experts voted on each domain with subsequent moderated discussion for successive rounds until consensus was reached for a final tool. Inter-observer agreement between a novice, intermediate and expert observer was then assessed from the scoring of 22 relevant studies using weighted and unweighted Kappa analyses. The final IQ-SCA/D tool comprises 8 domains with a summated score out of a possible 22. Studies are categorised as low, intermediate and high quality with summated IQ-SCA/D scores of ≤11, 12-16 and ≥17 respectively. Inter-rater agreement was ‘substantial’ between all three observers for summated IQ-SCA/D scores and study categorisation. Conclusions The IQ-SCA/D is an expert consensus tool for assessing the study quality of research reporting the incidence of SCA/D in athletes. This tool may be used to assist researchers, reviewers, journal editors, and readers in contextualising the methodological quality of different studies with varying athlete SCA/D incidence estimates. Importantly, the IQ-SCA/D also provides an expert-informed framework to support and guide appropriate design and reporting practices in future SCA/D incidence trials. |
Keywords | Sudden Cardiac Death; Athletes heart; Sports cardiology; SCA/D |
Year | 2024 |
Journal | Journal of the American Heart Association |
Publisher | American Heart Association |
ISSN | 2047-9980 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 15 Apr 2024 |
Deposited | 25 Apr 2024 |
Accepted author manuscript | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | In press |
https://repository.canterbury.ac.uk/item/97v3z/the-international-criteria-for-reporting-study-quality-for-sudden-cardiac-arrest-death-tool-iq-scad
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