Compliance with the CONSORT checklist in obstetric anaesthesia randomised controlled trials

被引:26
作者
Halpern, SH
Darani, R
Douglas, MJ
Wight, W
Yee, WWJ
机构
[1] Sunnybrook & Womens Coll Hlth Sci Ctr, Dept Anaesthesia, Toronto, ON M5S 1B2, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
anaesthesia; obstetric; randomised controlled trials; standards;
D O I
10.1016/j.ijoa.2004.03.009
中图分类号
R614 [麻醉学];
学科分类号
100217 ;
摘要
The Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials (CONSORT) checklist is an evidence-based approach to help improve the quality of reporting randomised controlled trials. The purpose of this study was to determine how closely randomised controlled trials in obstetric anaesthesia adhere to the CONSORT checklist. We retrieved all randomised controlled trials pertaining to the practice of obstetric anaesthesia and summarised in Obstetric Anesthesia Digest between March 2001 and December 2002 and compared the quality of reporting to the CONSORT checklist. The median number of correctly described CONSORT items was 65% (range 36% to 100%). Information pertaining to randomisation, blinding of the assessors, sample size calculation, reliability of measurements and reporting of the analysis were often omitted. It is difficult to determine the value and quality of many obstetric anaesthesia clinical trials because journal editors do not insist that this important information is made available to readers. Both clinicians and clinical researchers would benefit from uniform reporting of randomised trials in a manner that allows rapid data retrieval and easy assessment for relevance and quality. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:8
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