scholarly journals Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials in Restless Legs Syndrome Based on the CONSORT Statement

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Rikos ◽  
Efthimios Dardiotis ◽  
Athina-Maria Aloizou ◽  
Vasileios Siokas ◽  
Elias Zintzaras ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Restless Legs Syndrome ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Consort Statement ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Restless Legs ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Consort Statement

scholarly journals Evaluation of reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in patients with COVID-19 using the CONSORT statement

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257093
Author(s):  
Yuhuan Yin ◽  
Fugui Shi ◽  
Yiyin Zhang ◽  
Xiaoli Zhang ◽  
Jianying Ye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Consort Statement ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Multivariate Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Adherence Score ◽  
The Consort Statement

Objective To evaluate the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding patients with COVID-19 and analyse the influence factors. Methods PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library databases were searched to collect RCTs regarding patients with COVID-19. The retrieval time was from the inception to December 1, 2020. The CONSORT 2010 statement was used to evaluate the overall reporting quality of these RCTs. Results 53 RCTs were included. The study showed that the average reporting rate for 37 items in CONSORT checklist was 53.85% with mean overall adherence score of 13.02±3.546 (ranged: 7 to 22). The multivariate linear regression analysis showed the overall adherence score to the CONSORT guideline was associated with journal impact factor (P = 0.006), and endorsement of CONSORT statement (P = 0.014). Conclusion Although many RCTs of COVID-19 have been published in different journals, the overall reporting quality of these articles was suboptimal, it can not provide valid evidence for clinical decision-making and systematic reviews. Therefore, more journals should endorse the CONSORT statement, authors should strictly follow the relevant provisions of the CONSORT guideline when reporting articles. Future RCTs should particularly focus on improvement of detailed reporting in allocation concealment, blinding and estimation of sample size.

A qualitative assessment of randomized controlled trials in otolaryngology

1998 ◽  
Vol 112 (5) ◽  
pp. 460-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. W. Ah-See ◽  
N. C. Molony
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Consort Statement ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Future Assessment ◽  
The Consort Statement ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Better Than

AbstractIn 1996 the CONSORT statement made recommendations on the strict reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCT). This will facilitate the future assessment of such trials and will highlight those trials that have been performed suboptimally and whose results may be biased.We have devised a scoring system, based on CONSORT, to assess RCT quality and by reading each original paper in full we have now assessed the quality of trials published from 1966 to 1995.The mean score for trials identified was 7.3 out of a maximum 12 points. No one journal was significantly better than the others. Trials in rhinology are reported better than head and neck oncology trials (mean scores 7.6 and 6.5 respectively). The past 30 years has not seen an improvement in the quality of the trials.The reporting of RCTs in the ENT literature is poor. CONSORT guidelines now exist and trialists are encouraged to adopt them when conducting future clinical trials.

scholarly journals Quality Evaluation of Randomized Controlled Trials of Rhodiola Species: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Xiuzhu Li ◽  
Weijie Chen ◽  
Yingqi Xu ◽  
Zuanji Liang ◽  
Hao Hu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trials ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Consort Statement ◽  
Risk Of Bias ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
China National Knowledge Infrastructure ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
The Consort Statement ◽  
The Cochrane Library

Background. Rhodiola is a worldwide used medicinal plant for its various medicinal functions, and the number of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of Rhodiola is increasing in recent years. This study aims to evaluate the reporting quality and risk of bias of the current RCT reports of different Rhodiola species. Methods. Six databases including Embase, PubMed, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, ClinicalTrial.gov, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure were searched to identify RCTs that used Rhodiola as a single intervention and were published in English or Chinese from inception to December 2020. The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) 2010 statement was used as the checklist for assessment, and a scoring system was applied to the evaluation of RCTs. Score 0 represents no reporting or inadequate reporting, and score 1 represents adequate reporting. The risk of bias of the included studies was also assessed using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. Results. A total of 39 RCTs were included in this study, including 23 RCTs of Rhodiola rosea (R. rosea), 8 RCTs of Rhodiola crenulata (R. crenulata), and 8 RCTs of Rhodiola wallichiana (R. wallichiana). None of the included studies met all the CONSORT statement criteria, and the reporting quality of RCTs of the three Rhodiola species was all generally poor. Based on the risk of bias assessment, the majority of included studies were judged to have an unclear risk of bias in most domains due to inadequate reporting. Conclusions. There is inadequate reporting among the included RCTs of different Rhodiola species, and RCTs of Rhodiola with higher reporting quality and better methodological quality are needed.

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