{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,10,12]],"date-time":"2026-10-12T22:08:42Z","timestamp":1791842922839,"version":"4.3.4"},"reference-count":15,"publisher":"Elsevier BV","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]],"date-time":"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1769904000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/tdm\/userlicense\/1.0\/"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,1]],"date-time":"2026-02-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1769904000000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.elsevier.com\/legal\/tdmrep-license"},{"start":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,19]],"date-time":"2025-12-19T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1766102400000},"content-version":"vor","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["clinicalkey.com","clinicalkey.com.au","clinicalkey.es","clinicalkey.fr","clinicalkey.jp","thelancet.com","elsevier.com","sciencedirect.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["eClinicalMedicine"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"DOI":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,6]],"date-time":"2026-02-06T21:51:45Z","timestamp":1770414705000},"page":"103745","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/elsevier_cm_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"special_numbering":"C","title":["Cryptoglandular Anal Fistula Core Outcome Measurement Set (AFCOMS): standardised definitions and measurement instruments"],"prefix":"10.1016","volume":"92","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-2603-5475","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nedim","family":"Tabakovic","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shivani","family":"Joshi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Merel","family":"Kimman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Litza","family":"Mitalas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nusrat","family":"Iqbal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Phil","family":"Tozer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"St\u00e9phanie","family":"Breukink","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ademola","family":"Adeyeye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrea Marco","family":"Tamburini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angelo Alessandro","family":"Marra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anthony","family":"Lin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Arda","family":"Isik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eleni","family":"Andriopoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fatima","family":"Senra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Flavia","family":"Alexandre","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Pata","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gaetano","family":"Gallo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Gabriele","family":"Bislenghi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jasper","family":"Stijns","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jennie","family":"Grainger","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jesus","family":"Lopez-Alcalde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johannes","family":"Jongen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lilli","family":"Lundby","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lillian","family":"Reza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Martijn","family":"Gosselink","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Ambe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Philip","family":"Lung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Raimund","family":"Strouhal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ricardo","family":"Rocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giulio Aniello","family":"Santoro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Stephen","family":"Ward","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"78","reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1459","DOI":"10.1007\/s00384-007-0334-7","article-title":"Incidence of fistula-in-ano in four EU countries","volume":"22","author":"Zanotti","year":"2007","journal-title":"Int J Colorectal Dis"},{"issue":"12","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1041","DOI":"10.1111\/codi.13161","article-title":"The cryptoglandular theory revisited","volume":"17","author":"Gosselink","year":"2015","journal-title":"Colorectal Dis"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"628","DOI":"10.3390\/clinpract12040066","article-title":"Do patient-reported Quality-of-Life (QoL) scales provide an adequate assessment","volume":"12","author":"Iqbal","year":"2022","journal-title":"Clin Pract"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"729","DOI":"10.1007\/s10151-019-02051-5","article-title":"Contemporary surgical practice in the treatment of anal fistula","volume":"23","author":"Ratto","year":"2019","journal-title":"Tech Coloproctol"},{"issue":"1","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"145","DOI":"10.1111\/codi.16741","article-title":"European Society of Coloproctology: guidelines for cryptoglandular anal fistula","volume":"26","author":"Reza","year":"2024","journal-title":"Colorectal Dis"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib6","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"761","DOI":"10.1007\/s10151-021-02452-5","article-title":"Heterogeneity in outcome selection","volume":"25","author":"Machielsen","year":"2021","journal-title":"Tech Coloproctol"},{"issue":"Suppl 3","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib7","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"280","DOI":"10.1186\/s13063-017-1978-4","article-title":"The COMET handbook: version 1.0","volume":"18","author":"Williamson","year":"2017","journal-title":"Trials"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"716","DOI":"10.1111\/codi.16917","article-title":"The development of a cryptoglandular anal fistula quality of life scale (AF-QoL)","volume":"26","author":"Iqbal","year":"2024","journal-title":"Colorectal Dis"},{"issue":"7","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib9","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"745","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2013.11.013","article-title":"Developing core outcome measurement sets: OMERACT filter 2.0","volume":"67","author":"Boers","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Clin Epidemiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib10","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.1186\/s13063-015-0913-9","article-title":"COS-STAR: a reporting guideline for studies developing core outcomes sets","volume":"16","author":"Kirkham","year":"2015","journal-title":"Trials"},{"issue":"9","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib11","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1122","DOI":"10.1164\/rccm.201702-0372OC","article-title":"Core outcome measures for clinical research in acute respiratory failure survivors","volume":"196","author":"Needham","year":"2017","journal-title":"Am J Respir Crit Care Med"},{"issue":"8","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib12","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1115","DOI":"10.1007\/s11136-009-9528-5","article-title":"Development of a PubMed filter for measurement properties","volume":"18","author":"Terwee","year":"2009","journal-title":"Qual Life Res"},{"issue":"4","key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"395","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jclinepi.2010.09.012","article-title":"GRADE guidelines: 2","volume":"64","author":"Guyatt","year":"2011","journal-title":"J Clin Epidemiol"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib14","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"132","DOI":"10.1186\/1745-6215-13-132","article-title":"Developing core outcome sets for clinical trials: issues to consider","volume":"13","author":"Williamson","year":"2012","journal-title":"Trials"},{"key":"10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745_bib15","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2473","DOI":"10.1111\/jan.13165","article-title":"CONSIDER core outcome set in IAD research: study protocol for establishing a core set of outcomes and measurements in incontinence associated dermatitis research","volume":"73","author":"Van den Bussche","year":"2017","journal-title":"J Adv Nurs"}],"container-title":["eClinicalMedicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2589537025006807?httpAccept=text\/xml","content-type":"text\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/api.elsevier.com\/content\/article\/PII:S2589537025006807?httpAccept=text\/plain","content-type":"text\/plain","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,7,20]],"date-time":"2026-07-20T20:29:33Z","timestamp":1784579373000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/linkinghub.elsevier.com\/retrieve\/pii\/S2589537025006807"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"references-count":15,"alternative-id":["S2589537025006807"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745","relation":{},"ISSN":["2589-5370"],"issn-type":[{"value":"2589-5370","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,2]]},"assertion":[{"value":"Elsevier","name":"publisher","label":"This article is maintained by"},{"value":"Cryptoglandular Anal Fistula Core Outcome Measurement Set (AFCOMS): standardised definitions and measurement instruments","name":"articletitle","label":"Article Title"},{"value":"eClinicalMedicine","name":"journaltitle","label":"Journal Title"},{"value":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.eclinm.2025.103745","name":"articlelink","label":"CrossRef DOI link to publisher maintained version"},{"value":"article","name":"content_type","label":"Content Type"},{"value":"\u00a9 2026 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.","name":"copyright","label":"Copyright"}],"article-number":"103745"}}