Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Street 1, Hannover, Germany.
Br J Sports Med. 2012 Mar;46(3):202-6. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.053876. Epub 2009 Jul 26.
The quality of reporting in congress abstracts is likely to influence clinical decision-making.
The quality of reporting in sports injury prevention abstracts has increased over the last 3 years, as did the number of randomised controlled trials (RCT).
154 abstracts from the 2005 and 186 abstracts from 2008 World Conferences on Sports Injury Prevention in Norway were analysed.
Scores of 17 Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) criteria for RCT, or 22 Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) criteria for observational studies were determined.
Improvement in reporting was evident in RCT (CONSORT score 5.8±0.9 vs 8.6±2.9, p=0.001, CI -4.29 to -1.43) as well as for observational studies (STROBE score 7.9±1.6 vs 9.9±1.7, p<0.001, CI -2.34 to -1.53) between 2005 and 2008. RCTs were published in 9.1% in 2005 versus 10.2% in 2008 (p=0.727). RCT demonstrated a significant improvement in main outcome (0% vs 57.9%, p<0.001). For observational studies, a significant improvement was reported in rationale (53.5% vs 98.2%, p<0.001), objectives (82.2% vs 95.1%, p=0.012), study design (25.2% vs 65%, p<0.001), setting (43.7% vs 65.6%, p=0.002), variables (20.7% vs 74.2%, p<0.001), participants (0.7% vs 10.4%, p=0.001) and funding (0% vs 5.5%, p=0.006).
While the percentage of published RCTs in abstracts at the World Congress of Sports Injury Prevention remained unchanged, an improvement in reporting of abstracts was evident from 2005 to 2008, as determined by CONSORT/STROBE criteria. However, substantial and comprehensive use of the CONSORT and STROBE criteria might further increase the quality of reporting of sports injury conference abstracts in the future.
会议摘要的报告质量可能会影响临床决策。
在过去的 3 年中,运动损伤预防会议摘要的报告质量有所提高,随机对照试验(RCT)的数量也有所增加。
分析了 2005 年挪威世界运动损伤预防会议的 154 篇摘要和 2008 年的 186 篇摘要。
确定 17 项 CONSORT 试验(RCT)标准评分或 22 项 STROBE 观察性研究标准评分。
2005 年至 2008 年,RCT(CONSORT 评分 5.8±0.9 与 8.6±2.9,p=0.001,CI-4.29 至-1.43)和观察性研究(STROBE 评分 7.9±1.6 与 9.9±1.7,p<0.001,CI-2.34 至-1.53)的报告均有所改善。2005 年,RCT 发表率为 9.1%,2008 年为 10.2%(p=0.727)。RCT 在主要结局方面有显著改善(0%与 57.9%,p<0.001)。对于观察性研究,在理论基础(53.5%与 98.2%,p<0.001)、目的(82.2%与 95.1%,p=0.012)、研究设计(25.2%与 65%,p<0.001)、研究环境(43.7%与 65.6%,p=0.002)、变量(20.7%与 74.2%,p<0.001)、参与者(0.7%与 10.4%,p=0.001)和资金(0%与 5.5%,p=0.006)方面均有显著改善。
尽管在世界运动损伤预防大会的摘要中发表的 RCT 百分比保持不变,但通过 CONSORT/STROBE 标准,2005 年至 2008 年的摘要报告质量有所提高。然而,全面综合地使用 CONSORT 和 STROBE 标准可能会进一步提高未来运动损伤会议摘要的报告质量。