Evaluation of reporting quality of randomized controlled trials in patients with COVID-19 using the CONSORT statement.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) regarding patients with COVID-19 and analyse the influence factors.

Methods

PubMed, Embase, Web of Science and the Cochrane Library databases were searched to collect RCTs regarding patients with COVID-19. The retrieval time was from the inception to December 1, 2020. The CONSORT 2010 statement was used to evaluate the overall reporting quality of these RCTs.

Results

53 RCTs were included. The study showed that the average reporting rate for 37 items in CONSORT checklist was 53.85% with mean overall adherence score of 13.02±3.546 (ranged: 7 to 22). The multivariate linear regression analysis showed the overall adherence score to the CONSORT guideline was associated with journal impact f

SUBMITTER: Yin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8460279 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature