Biomedical conferences' author instructions rarely mention guidelines for reporting abstracts of trials and systematic reviews
| Autor: | Jakov Mihanović, Livia Puljak, Lenko Saric, Svjetlana Dosenovic |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
Medical education
business.industry Health Policy Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Systematic review Randomized controlled trial law Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine business CONSORT-A PRISMA-A biomedical conferences instructions for authors reporting guidelines reporting quality 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of comparative effectiveness research. 9(2) |
| ISSN: | 2042-6313 |
| Popis: | Aim: To analyze whether instructions for authors of biomedical conference abstracts mention guidelines for writing randomized controlled trial and systematic review abstracts and to evaluate reasons for their absence from instructions. Materials & methods: We analyzed instructions for authors of biomedical conferences advertized in 2019 and assessed whether they mentioned Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Abstracts and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts guidelines. We surveyed contact persons from abstract/publication committees of selected conferences to analyze why relevant guidelines were missing. Results: Instructions for abstracts were available for 819 conferences. Only two (0.2%) had reporting instructions for randomized controlled trial/systematic review authors. Almost half of the contacted conference organizers whose response we received were not aware of Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Abstracts and Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts guidelines. Conclusion: Conference organizers do not require and are not familiar enough with reporting guidelines. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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