Standards for reporting research methods, interventions, and Outcomes in Surgical Prehabilitation studies (SOS-Prehab) - PubMed
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- Prehabilitation aims to build physiological reserve before surgery to improve postoperative outcomes.
- Incomplete reporting in prehabilitation trials hinders comparability, interpretability, and clinical implementation.
- A modified Delphi process with 53 international experts developed a reporting checklist for prehabilitation RCTs.
- The checklist includes 40 items, with 16 classified as 'essential' and 24 as 'important'.
- Key domains covered include intervention components, delivery methods, adherence, participant characteristics, and outcome measures.
- High expert agreement supports the checklist's relevance and usability.
- Adoption of SOS-Prehab alongside CONSORT could improve transparency and interpretability of prehabilitation trials.
- Better reporting could enhance reproducibility, evidence synthesis, and clinical translation.