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Retrospective evaluation of endodontic case reports published in the International Endodontic Journal and the Journal of Endodontics for their compliance with the PRICE 2020 guidelines
Author(s) -
BerlinBroner Y.,
Levin L.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international endodontic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.988
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1365-2591
pISSN - 0143-2885
DOI - 10.1111/iej.13415
Subject(s) - endodontics , medicine , electronic database , dentistry , family medicine , medical physics , information retrieval , computer science
Aim To evaluate, retrospectively, the quality of previously published case reports in Endodontics according to the PRICE 2020 guidelines. Methodology An electronic literature search was conducted in PubMed database on 12 March 2020, to identify case reports published during the last five years in the International Endodontic Journal and the Journal of Endodontics . For each of the included case reports, information regarding fulfilment of each of the items of the PRICE 2020 guidelines was extracted as ‘0’ (not present in the manuscript), ‘1’ (present in the manuscript) and ‘NA’ (not applicable) and translated into a score (percentage of items fulfilled). Additionally, the percentage of papers fulfilling each item was calculated. Results Overall, 70 endodontic case reports were identified. The scores of the papers ranged between 56.41% and 79.55%, with a mean score of 70.26 ± 4.36% (SD). The percentage of papers fulfilling each item of the applicable PRICE 2020 items ranged widely, between 0% and 100%. The median of the percentage of all the items ( n = 47) was 97.01% and mean 73.33 ± 36.28% (SD). The lowest scores were recorded for specific items in the following domains: ‘Case Report Information’‐Items 6c, 6g–i, ‘Patient Perspective’‐Item 8a and ‘Quality of Images’‐Items 12c–d. Conclusions Several areas with low reporting rates were identified in case reports published over the last 5 years in Endodontics. Authors should be encouraged to follow the PRICE 2020 guidelines in order to increase the quality and improve reproducibility of their case reports.