Habib Agahi Raha, Navabi Nader, Shahravan Arash, Ghassemi Amirreza
Dentist, Private Practice, Department of Oral Medicine, Kerman Dental School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine, Kerman Dental School, Kerman University of Medical Sciences.
J Dent (Tehran). 2014 May;11(3):310-8. Epub 2014 May 31.
Considering the importance of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in the evidence-based approach, the objective of this study was critical appraisal of reporting RCTs in Iranian dental journals.
After adequate searching, 113 RCT articles published during 2003-2010 were reviewed for quality of reporting with the CONSORT scale. The quality of each paper was assessed on 20.
Although statistical analysis was described in 93.8%, acceptable methods for randomization and blinding were found in only 8% and 11.5% of the papers, respectively. Reasons for withdrawal were also given in just 20.4% of the articles.
This study revealed that the quality of reporting RCTs in Iranian dental journals does not meet the recommended standards generally and needs to be improved.
鉴于随机临床试验(RCTs)在循证医学方法中的重要性,本研究的目的是对伊朗牙科杂志上报告的RCTs进行批判性评价。
在充分检索后,使用CONSORT量表对2003年至2010年期间发表的113篇RCT文章的报告质量进行了审查。每篇论文的质量在20个方面进行评估。
虽然93.8%的文章描述了统计分析,但分别只有8%和11.5%的论文采用了可接受的随机化和盲法。只有20.4%的文章给出了退出的原因。
本研究表明,伊朗牙科杂志上RCTs的报告质量总体上未达到推荐标准,需要改进。