Selective outcome reporting in paediatric dentistry restorative treatment randomised clinical trials-A meta-research.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Selective outcome reporting (SOR) is a bias that occurs when the primary outcome of a randomised clinical trial (RCT) is omitted or changed.

Aim

To evaluate the prevalence of SOR in RCTs on restorative treatment in primary teeth.

Design

We conducted an electronic search on ClinicalTrials.gov and the World Health Organization platform (International Clinical Trials Registry Platform) on 1^st of April 2021, with no registry time or language restrictions. We included RCT protocols that evaluated restorative treatments in primary teeth and excluded trials that did not have a complete publication in a scientific journal. The chi-squared test was used to identify the association between SOR and variables as a discrepancy in the follow-up period, the tim

SUBMITTER: Elagami RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature