Shaikh Masood Ali
Independent Consultant, Karachi, Pakistan.
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad. 2018 Jan-Mar;30(1):143-145.
Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC) is the only Medline indexed biomedical journal of Pakistan that is edited and published by a medical college. Assessing the trends of study designs employed, statistical methods used, and statistical analysis software used in the articles of medical journals help understand the sophistication of research published. The objectives of this descriptive study were to assess all original articles published by JAMC in the year 2016. JAMC published 147 original articles in the year 2016. The most commonly used study design was crosssectional studies, with 64 (43.5%) articles reporting its use. Statistical tests involving bivariate analysis were most common and reported by 73 (49.6%) articles. Use of SPSS software was reported by 109 (74.1%) of articles. Most 138 (93.9%) of the original articles published were based on studies conducted in Pakistan. The number and sophistication of analysis reported in JAMC increased from year 2014 to 2016.
《阿尤布医学院学报》（JAMC）是巴基斯坦唯一一本被医学索引数据库收录的生物医学期刊，由一所医学院编辑并出版。评估医学期刊文章中采用的研究设计趋势、所使用的统计方法以及统计分析软件，有助于了解所发表研究的复杂性。这项描述性研究的目的是评估JAMC在2016年发表的所有原创文章。JAMC在2016年发表了147篇原创文章。最常用的研究设计是横断面研究，有64篇（43.5%）文章报告使用了该设计。涉及双变量分析的统计检验最为常见，有73篇（49.6%）文章报告使用了该检验。109篇（74.1%）文章报告使用了SPSS软件。所发表的原创文章中，大多数138篇（93.9%）是基于在巴基斯坦进行的研究。JAMC报告的分析数量和复杂性从2014年到2016年有所增加。
