CORE KIDs

CORE-Kids: A core outcome set for children with fracture

Broken bones or fractures are exceptionally common in children, with 1/3 of UK children breaking a bone before their 17th birthday. There are many different treatments available for these broken bones and relatively little research to identify which treatments are best for different children

The Trauma Outcomes Group are leading the CORE-Kids project to develop a core outcome set. This is a list of key outcomes to be measured in all trials and research studies into broken bones during childhood. Adoption of the core outcome set will ensure a consistent set of outcomes are always measured to ensure treatments can be fairly compared.

There is an urgent need to improve the available research to help parents and their children select the best treatments following a broken bone. Core outcome sets in other medical fields have been shown to reduce the variability in outcome reporting. This helps to maximise the benefit from research studies as they can be combined to draw meaningful comparisons between different treatments.

Additionally, by consulting with a wide range of people (surgeons, parents, therapists, researchers), we will ensure that the recommended outcomes are both of value and relevant.