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Identification and description of controlled clinical trials in Spanish language dental journals
Author(s) -
Villanueva Julio,
Delgado Isabel,
Saldarriaga Julio R.,
Gargallo Maria Garcia,
Amaro Yanina,
Zapata Sebastián,
Núñez Lorena,
Zamorano Gabriel,
PardoHernandez Hector,
Bonfill Xavier,
Martin Conchita
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
health information and libraries journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.779
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1471-1842
pISSN - 1471-1834
DOI - 10.1111/hir.12214
Subject(s) - medicine , periodontology , psychological intervention , consolidated standards of reporting trials , medline , clinical trial , latin americans , family medicine , specialty , dentistry , nursing , pathology , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy
Background To identify controlled clinical trials (CCTs) published in Spanish and in Latin American dental journals, and provide access to this body of evidence in a single source. Methods Handsearching, following Cochrane Collaboration guidelines, of CCTs published in Spanish dental journals from Spain and Latin America. For each eligible trial, we collected the dental specialty, the interventions evaluated, whether and how randomisation was achieved, and the corresponding bibliographic reference. Results We handsearched 107 journals published in Spain and Latin America in Spanish. Over 17 051 articles, 244 (1.43%) were CCTs. These studies focused mainly on periodontics (70, 29.0%) and oral and maxillofacial surgery (66, 27.0%), assessing mostly pharmacological interventions (112, 46.0%). One hundred fifty‐three studies (62.7%) used a random allocation of participants to study arms. Conclusions A significant number of dental journals published in Spain and Latin America in Spanish language present original research relevant to inform clinical practice. These journals are not indexed in the major electronic databases. Practical Implications References to the identified CCTs are now available in CENTRAL , the Cochrane Collaboration repository for these studies. We call for adherence to the CONSORT statement in dentistry to improve reporting of CCT s in journals published in Spanish language.