Open AccessHas the quality of abstracts for randomised controlled trials improved since the release of Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trial guideline for abstract reporting? A survey of four high-profile anaesthesia journals
Author(s) -
Özlem Selvi Can,
Ali Abbas Yılmaz,
Menekşe Hasdoğan,
Filiz Alkaya,
Sanem Çakar Turhan,
Mehmet Fatih Can,
Zekeriyya Alanoğlu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of anaesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.445
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1365-2346
pISSN - 0265-0215
DOI - 10.1097/eja.0b013e32833fb96f
Subject(s) - consolidated standards of reporting trials , medicine , blinding , randomized controlled trial , checklist , guideline , systematic review , anesthesiology , medline , clinical trial , surgery , anesthesia , psychology , pathology , political science , law , cognitive psychology
Randomised controlled trial (RCT) abstracts published in journal articles have traditionally been deficient of crucial information. To improve the quality of RCT abstracts, in January 2008, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trial (CONSORT) group published a checklist of essential information for inclusion. The current study assessed whether there has been an improvement in the quality of RCT abstracts published in main anaesthesia journals since this new guideline was introduced.