Reporting of flow diagrams in randomised controlled trials published in periodontology and implantology: a survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Item 13 of the CONSORT guidelines recommends documentation of the participant flow in randomised clinical trials (RCTs) using a diagram. In the medical literature, the reporting of the flow of participants in RCTs has been assessed to be inadequate. The quality of reporting flow diagrams in periodontology and implantology remains unknown. The aim of this study was to assess the reporting of flow diagrams in RCTs published in periodontology and implantology journals.

Materials and methods

RCTs published between 15^th January 2018 and 15^th January 2022 in twelve high-ranked periodontology and implantology journals were identified. Trial characteristics at the RCT level were extracted. The flow diagram included in each RCT was assessed for comple

SUBMITTER: Meyer HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134555 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature