Quality of reporting in abstracts of RCTs published in emergency medicine journals: a systematic survey of the literature suggests we can do better
| Autor: | Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Andrew Worster, Federico Germini, Lehana Thabane, Marta Fedele, Valentina Salvatori, Maria Giulia Galli, Maura Marcucci, Giacomo Veronese, Tevin Heath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Estimation
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Systematic survey media_common.quotation_subject Psychological intervention Univariate Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials 030208 emergency & critical care medicine General Medicine Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine Checklist humanities methods publication quality research 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sample size determination Emergency medicine Emergency Medicine medicine Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine business media_common |
| Zdroj: | Emergency medicine journal (Online) (2019). doi:10.1136/emermed-2019-208629 info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Germini F.; Marcucci M.; Fedele M.; Galli M.G.; Heath T.; Mbuagbaw L.; Salvatori V.; Veronese G.; Worster A.; Thabane L./titolo:Quality of reporting in abstracts of RCTs published in emergency medicine journals: A systematic survey of the literature suggests we can do better/doi:10.1136%2Femermed-2019-208629/rivista:Emergency medicine journal (Online)/anno:2019/pagina_da:/pagina_a:/intervallo_pagine:/volume |
| ISSN: | 1472-0213 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/emermed-2019-208629 |
| Popis: | ObjectiveWe investigated the association between the publication of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials extension for abstracts (CONSORT-EA) and other variables of interest on the quality of reporting of abstracts of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) published in emergency medicine (EM) journals.MethodsWe performed a survey of the literature, comparing the quality of reporting before (2005–2007) with after (2014–2015) the publication of the dedicated CONSORT-EA in 2008. The quality of reporting was measured as the sum of items of the CONSORT-EA checklist reported in each abstract, ranging from 0 to 15. The main explanatory variable was the period of publication: pre-CONSORT-EA versus post-CONSORT-EA public. Other explanatory variables were journal’s endorsement of the CONSORT statement, number of centres participating in the study, study’s sample size, type of intervention, significance of results, source of funding and study setting. We analysed the data using generalised estimation equations, performing a univariate and a multivariable analysis.ResultsWe retrieved 844 articles, and randomly selected 60 per period for review, after stratifying for journal. The mean (SD) number of items reported was 6.4 (1.9) in the period before and 6.9 (1.8) in the period after the publication of the CONSORT-EA, with an adjusted mean difference (aMD) of 0.47 (95% CI −0.13 to 1.06). Abstracts of trials of pharmacological interventions had a significantly larger mean number of reported items than those of trials of non-pharmacological interventions (aMD 1.59; 95% CI 0.94 to 2.24).ConclusionsThe quality of reporting in abstracts of RCTs published in EM journals is low and was not significantly impacted by the publication of a dedicated CONSORT-EA. |
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