Open AccessQuality of reporting of randomized controlled trials in ten academic Indian dental journals
Author(s) -
Sudhakar Vundavalli,
Guntipalli M Naidu,
Akshay Bhargav,
B H Praveen,
B Pavani,
Suresh Babburi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.183132
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , medicine , clinical trial , medline , family medicine , sample size determination , alternative medicine , quality (philosophy) , consolidated standards of reporting trials , statistics , political science , mathematics , epistemology , pathology , philosophy , law
Biased results from poorly reported trials can mislead decision-making in health care at all levels, from treatment decisions for the individual patient to formulation of national public health policies.