Assessment of reporting quality in randomised controlled clinical trial abstracts of dental implantology published from 2014 to 2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Access to full texts of randomised controlled clinical trials (RCTs) is often limited, so brief summaries of studies play a pivotal role. In 2008, a checklist was provided to ensure the transparency and completeness of abstracts. The aim of this investigation was to estimate adherence to the reporting guidelines of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) criteria for abstracts (CONSORT-A) in RCT publications.

Primary endpoint

Assessment according to the percentage of compliance with the 16 CONSORT-A criteria per study.

Materials and methods

This study is based on a full survey (212 RCT abstracts in dental implantology, PubMed search, publication period 2014-2016, 45 journals, median impact factor: 2.328). In addition to merely documenting '

SUBMITTER: Knippschild S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365792 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature