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000168537 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1136/bmjopen-2025-110765
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000168537 100__ $$aNaqvi, WM
000168537 245__ $$aPhyCARE reporting guidelines for physiotherapy case reports: a consensus-based development
000168537 260__ $$c2026
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000168537 5203_ $$aObjectives Case reports (CRs) are essential in physiotherapy, yet reporting remains heterogeneous and insufficiently standardised. The 2013 CAse REport (CARE) guideline improves transparency but lacks physiotherapy-specific detail. This study aimed to develop a consensus-driven extension of the CARE reporting guideline to support structured reporting of physiotherapy CRs, encompassing physiotherapy-specific assessments and interventions.
Design An e-Delphi consensus process study following the ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document (ACCORD) guidelines.
Setting Online. Participants Forty-four international experts in physiotherapy practice, research and education, along with six core committee members.
Methods Experts objectively scored items for relevance (5-point Likert scale) and provided open-ended responses for each item of the drafts. Scores and responses were analysed to facilitate iterative refinement of the Physiotherapy CAse REport (PhyCARE) reporting guidelines. Consensus was predetermined at over 70% agreement.
Results Round 1 had the majority of items achieving ≥70% agreement, except two items that did not meet the threshold were revised and replaced with an alternative. Five new items addressing physiotherapy-specific reporting needs were added, and 10 items were relocated. In round 2, all 35 items across 13 domains achieved 84%–100% agreement. The nomenclature of one domain was revised to ‘Outcomes and Follow-up’. Following two e-Delphi rounds, consensus was achieved, and suggestions from online meeting, piloting led to item rephrasing, after which the PhyCARE guidelines were finalised.
Conclusion The PhyCARE guidelines have the potential to provide a physiotherapy-specific extension of CARE to support structured, transparent and reproducible reporting of physiotherapy CRs.
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000168537 700__ $$aMishra, GV
000168537 700__ $$aShaikh, SZ
000168537 700__ $$aPashine, AA
000168537 700__ $$aSánchez Romero, EA
000168537 700__ $$aSwaminathan, N
000168537 700__ $$aJiandani, MP
000168537 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9201-0120$$aHerrero, Pablo$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000168537 700__ $$aZazulak, B
000168537 700__ $$aMacpherson, CE
000168537 700__ $$aGoyal, C
000168537 700__ $$aZadro, JR
000168537 700__ $$aSahni, P
000168537 700__ $$aInnocenti, T
000168537 700__ $$aQuazi Syed, Z
000168537 700__ $$aHoogeboom, T
000168537 700__ $$aKiekens, C.
000168537 7102_ $$11006$$2413$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería$$cÁrea Fisioterapia
000168537 773__ $$g16, 1 (2026), [9 pp.]$$pBMJ Open$$tBMJ Open$$x2044-6055
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