Completeness of reporting for COVID-19 case reports, January to April 2020: a meta-epidemiologic study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The quality of case reports, which are often the first reported evidence for a disease, may be negatively affected by a rush to publication early in a pandemic. We aimed to determine the completeness of reporting (COR) for case reports published on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

Methods

We conducted a systematic search of the PubMed database for all single-patient case reports of confirmed COVID-19 published from Jan. 1 to Apr. 24, 2020. All included case reports were assessed for adherence to the CARE (Case Report) 31-item checklist, which was used to create a composite COR score. The primary outcome was the mean COR score assessed by 2 independent raters. Secondary outcomes included whether there was a change in overall COR score with certain publication f

SUBMITTER: Scaffidi MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8096411 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature