1Unit of Functional Rehabilitation, Prato Hospital , Prato , Italy.
Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 2014 Aug;34(3):260-70. doi: 10.3109/01942638.2013.827142. Epub 2013 Aug 29.
The aim of this study is to describe the reported quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in pediatric physical therapy (PPT) and changes with time. All RCTs sourced from PEDro database and scored using the PEDro scale were included. RCTs were classified as high- or low quality both with the original cut-off of 6 and a modified cut-off of 5. The relationship between PEDro scores and year of publication was also investigated. One thousand three hundred sixty-seven articles were analyzed. According to the PEDro scale original and modified cut-off, 29% and 56% of the articles were classified as high-quality studies, respectively. The number of RCTs and the average PEDro score increased between 1962 and 2012. However, since some items of the scale could be more frequently satisfied, a further improvement of the quality of RCTs in PPT is recommended.
本研究旨在描述小儿物理治疗（PPT）中随机对照试验（RCT）的报告质量，并探讨其随时间的变化。所有来源于 PEDro 数据库且采用 PEDro 量表评分的 RCT 均被纳入。RCT 采用原始截断值 6 分和改良截断值 5 分进行高低质量分类。PEDro 评分与发表年份之间的关系也进行了研究。共分析了 1367 篇文章。根据 PEDro 量表原始和改良截断值，分别有 29%和 56%的文章被归类为高质量研究。1962 年至 2012 年，RCT 的数量和平均 PEDro 评分均有所增加。然而，由于量表的某些项目可能更容易满足，因此建议进一步提高 PPT 中 RCT 的质量。
