Quality of evidence in a post-Soviet country: evaluation of methodological quality of controlled clinical trials published in national journals from Uzbekistan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Most researchers in Uzbekistan prefer to publish their reports in journals of their home country. Moreover, the proportion of healthcare practitioners who prefer to use these national sources of information also remains high. However, the quality of publications from national journals, in post-Soviet countries, has not been systematically evaluated until now. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of randomized controlled trials' (RCTs) reports published in medical journals from Uzbekistan. We supposed that reports had at least minimal quality to contribute to the higher quality of healthcare.

Methods

To evaluate the quality of RCTs, we selected two journals from the list of national medical journals for which background information was pr

SUBMITTER: Aripov T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7359460 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature