Edwards, JJ;
Compton, C;
Chatrath, N;
Petek, BJ;
Baggish, A;
Börjesson, M;
Chung, E;
Corrado, D;
Drezner, JA;
Gati, S;
et al.
Edwards, JJ; Compton, C; Chatrath, N; Petek, BJ; Baggish, A; Börjesson, M; Chung, E; Corrado, D; Drezner, JA; Gati, S; Gray, B; Kim, J; La Gerche, A; Malhotra, A; Marijon, E; Papadakis, M; Pelliccia, A; Phelan, D; Semsarian, C; Sharma, S; Sharma, R; O'Driscoll, JM; Harmon, KG
(2024)
International Criteria for Reporting Study Quality for Sudden Cardiac Arrest/Death Tool.
J Am Heart Assoc, 13 (11).
e033723.
ISSN 2047-9980
https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033723
SGUL Authors: Sharma, Sanjay Malhotra, Aneil
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Studies reporting on the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest and/or death (SCA/D) in athletes commonly lack methodological and reporting rigor, 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. Interobserver agreement between a novice, intermediate, and expert observer was then assessed from the scoring of 22 relevant studies using weighted and unweighted κ analyses. The final IQ-SCA/D tool comprises 8 domains with a summated score of a possible 22. Studies are categorized as low, intermediate, and high quality with summated IQ-SCA/D scores of ≤11, 12 to 16, and ≥17, respectively. Interrater agreement was "substantial" between all 3 observers for summated IQ-SCA/D scores and study categorization. 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 contextualizing 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.
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Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell
This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: |
SCA/D, athletes’ heart, sports cardiology, sudden cardiac death, Humans, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Consensus, Incidence, Delphi Technique, Research Design, Athletes, Sports Medicine, Observer Variation, Humans, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Observer Variation, Incidence, Consensus, Sports Medicine, Research Design, Delphi Technique, Athletes, Athletes, Consensus, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Delphi Technique, Humans, Incidence, Observer Variation, Research Design, Sports Medicine, athletes’ heart, SCA/D, sports cardiology, sudden cardiac death, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology |
SGUL Research Institute / Research Centre: |
Academic Structure > REF 2021 user group |
Journal or Publication Title: |
J Am Heart Assoc |
ISSN: |
2047-9980 |
Language: |
eng |
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4 June 2024 | Published | 23 May 2024 | Published Online | 15 April 2024 | Accepted |
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Publisher License: |
Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 |
PubMed ID: |
38780180 |
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https://openaccess.sgul.ac.uk/id/eprint/116560 |
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https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.123.033723 |
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