A methodological survey on reporting of pilot and feasibility trials for physiotherapy interventions: a study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Pilot and feasibility trials aim to test whether a full trial can be conducted or if any procedures must be changed for the full trial. Pilot trials must be reported in a transparent, accurate and complete way. In this report, we present a protocol for a methodological survey with the following aims: (1) to determine the percentage of physiotherapy trial reports which claim to be pilot or feasibility trials that evaluate feasibility, (2) to determine the aspect of feasibility evaluated in the primary objectives of the pilot or feasibility trials, (3) to describe the completeness of reporting of abstracts and full articles of pilot or feasibility trials using the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials an

SUBMITTER: Scola LFC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6538092 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature