A Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Assessment of Study Quality in Genetic Urological Research

Joseph M Norris; Benjamin S Simpson; Rhys Ball; Alex Freeman; Alex Kirkham; Marina A Parry; Caroline M Moore; Hayley C Whitaker; Mark Emberton

doi:10.1016/j.eururo.2020.12.017

A Modified Newcastle-Ottawa Scale for Assessment of Study Quality in Genetic Urological Research

Eur Urol. 2021 Mar;79(3):325-326. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.12.017. Epub 2020 Dec 26.

Authors

Joseph M Norris¹, Benjamin S Simpson², Rhys Ball³, Alex Freeman³, Alex Kirkham⁴, Marina A Parry⁵, Caroline M Moore⁶, Hayley C Whitaker², Mark Emberton⁶

Affiliations

¹ UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Electronic address: joseph.norris@ucl.ac.uk.
² UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK.
³ Department of Pathology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Radiology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁵ UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
⁶ UCL Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK; Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 33375994
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.12.017

Abstract

Our modification of the traditional Newcastle-Ottawa scale enables urological researchers to effectively appraise and communicate the quality of genetic-based research in urology.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Urology*

Grants and funding

MR/S00680X/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom