Analysis of reporting completeness in exercise cancer trials: a systematic review
| Autor: | Mark R. Elkins, Julia Bidonde, Indira Rodriguez-Prieto, Lien Nguyen, José Francisco Meneses-Echávez, Javier Martínez-Torres |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Epidemiology Psychological intervention MEDLINE Breast Neoplasms Health Informatics law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Breast cancer Randomized controlled trial law medicine Humans Aerobic exercise 030212 general & internal medicine Exercise Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Cancer lcsh:R5-920 business.industry medicine.disease Checklist Study Characteristics Reporting 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Physical therapy Systematic review Female lcsh:Medicine (General) business Healthcare providers Research Article |
| Zdroj: | Repositorio Universidad de la Sabana Universidad de la Sabana instacron:Universidad de la Sabana BMC Medical Research Methodology, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019) BMC Medical Research Methodology |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12874-019-0871-0 |
| Popis: | Background Exercise is an effective therapeutic intervention for cancer survivors. Concerns about the completeness of reporting of exercise interventions have been raised in the literature, but without any formal analysis. This study aimed to evaluate the completeness of reporting of exercise interventions for cancer survivors in a large sample of randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Methods We developed a pre-defined protocol. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CENTRAL for exercise trials in oncology between 2010 and 2017. Pairs of independent researchers screened the records, extracted study characteristics, and assessed 16 items on the TIDieR checklist (i.e., the 12 items, with item 5 divided into two and item 8 divided into four). For each of these items, the percentage of interventions in the included studies that reported the item was calculated. Results We included 131 RCTs reporting 138 interventions in the analysis. Breast cancer was the most common type of cancer (69, 50%), and aerobic exercise was the most studied exercise modality (43, 30%) followed by combined aerobic and resistance training (40, 28%). Completeness of reporting ranged from 42 to 96% among the TIDieR items; none of the items was fully reported. ‘Intervention length’ was the most reported item across interventions (133, 96%), followed by ‘rationale’ (131, 95%), whereas ‘provider’ (58, 42%) and ‘how well (planned)’ (63, 46%) were the two least reported items. Half of the TIDieR items were completely reported in 50 to 70% of the interventions, and only four items were reported in more than 80% of the interventions (Items 2 and 8a to c). The seven items deemed to be core for replication (Items 3 to 9) exhibited a mean reporting of 71%, ranging from 42 to 96%. Conclusion Exercise training interventions for cancer survivors are incompletely reported across RCTs published between 2010 and 2017. The reporting of information about the provider, materials, and modifications require urgent improvements. Stronger reporting will enhance usability of trial reports by both healthcare providers and survivors, and will help to reduce research waste. |
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