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Quality assessment of randomized control trials in dental research I. Methods
Author(s) -
Antczak Alexia A.,
Tang Julie,
Chalmers Thomas C.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal of periodontal research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.31
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1600-0765
pISSN - 0022-3484
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0765.1986.tb01464.x
Subject(s) - blinding , randomized controlled trial , randomization , quality (philosophy) , medicine , medical physics , research design , alternative medicine , control (management) , computer science , statistics , artificial intelligence , surgery , pathology , mathematics , philosophy , epistemology
The criteria and scoring method for a system to evaluate the quality of randomized control trials (RCTs) in dental research based on published reports is presented. This sytem is based on one devised for evaluation of RCTs in medicine. Items assessed in this system include randomization and blinding procedures, subject selection criteria, treatment protocols, and statistical analyses. Assessing the quality of RCTs can contribute to improved study design, implementation and reporting by investigators, and evaluation of reports by referees and editors of scientific journals.