Koch Marianne, Riss Paul, Umek Wolfgang, Hanzal Engelbert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Karl Landsteiner Institute of Special Gynecology and Obstetrics, Vienna, Austria.
Neurourol Urodyn. 2016 Mar;35(3):412-6. doi: 10.1002/nau.22726. Epub 2015 Jan 24.
Poor reporting of research may limit critical appraisal and reproducibility, whereas adherence to reporting guidelines (RG) can guarantee completeness and transparency. We aimed to determine the explicit citing of RGs (CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE) in urogynecology articles in 2013, the requirements of relevant journals and a potential difference between urogynecology and general gynecology journals.
All urogynecologic articles published between January and December 2013 in the journals NAU, IUJ, FPMRS, GREEN, AJOG, and BJOG were included. Issues were searched for systematic reviews, RCTs, cohort studies, case-control studies and cross-sectional studies. Each electronic article was searched for the term PRISMA, CONSORT, or STROBE according to the study design. Instructions to Authors of the six journals were screened for requirement of using RGs.
We included 296 articles (243 observational studies, 40 RCTs, and 13 systematic reviews). The use of PRISMA guidelines was explicitly declared in 54% of systematic reviews, CONSORT guidelines were referenced in 25% of RCTs and STROBE in 1.2% of observational studies. The use of CONSORT is required by all journals except FPMRS. PRISMA and STROBE are only compulsory in the journals GREEN, AJOG, and BJOG. The overall rate of explicit mentioning of RGs comparing urogynecology and general gynecology journals was 6.7% versus 7.1%, respectively.
The explicit mentioning of RGs was on a relatively low level. A slightly higher adherence was recognized among general gynecology journals compared to urogynecology journals. Stronger efforts should be taken to further promote the use of RGs in urogynecology.
研究报告不佳可能会限制批判性评价和可重复性，而遵循报告指南（RG）可确保完整性和透明度。我们旨在确定2013年泌尿妇科文章中对RG（CONSORT、PRISMA、STROBE）的明确引用情况、相关期刊的要求以及泌尿妇科与普通妇科期刊之间的潜在差异。
纳入2013年1月至12月在《北美泌尿妇科杂志》（NAU）、《国际泌尿学杂志》（IUJ）、《盆底医学与重建外科杂志》（FPMRS）、《妇科内镜杂志》（GREEN）、《美国妇产科杂志》（AJOG）和《英国妇产科杂志》（BJOG）上发表的所有泌尿妇科文章。检索各期杂志中的系统评价、随机对照试验（RCT）、队列研究、病例对照研究和横断面研究。根据研究设计，在每篇电子文章中搜索PRISMA、CONSORT或STROBE一词。筛选这六种期刊的作者须知，以了解使用RG的要求。
我们纳入了296篇文章（243项观察性研究、40项RCT和13项系统评价）。54%的系统评价明确声明使用了PRISMA指南，25%的RCT引用了CONSORT指南，1.2%的观察性研究引用了STROBE指南。除FPMRS外，所有期刊都要求使用CONSORT。PRISMA和STROBE仅在GREEN、AJOG和BJOG期刊中是强制性的。比较泌尿妇科和普通妇科期刊，明确提及RG的总体比例分别为6.7%和7.1%。
RG的明确提及水平相对较低。与泌尿妇科期刊相比，普通妇科期刊的遵循度略高。应加大力度进一步推广RG在泌尿妇科中的应用。
