Alnamankany Abeer, Ashley Paul
Paediatric Dentistry Department, College of Dentistry, Taibah University, Almadinah Almunawwarah, KSA.
University College London-Eastman Dental Institute, UK.
J Taibah Univ Med Sci. 2020 Feb 7;15(1):1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2019.12.006. eCollection 2020 Feb.
This systematic review aimed to determine the improvement in quality of the reporting of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in paediatric dentistry. The quality of reporting during the period 2014-2015 was compared with the quality of reporting during 1985-2006.
This systematic review compared the scientific quality of RCTs in paediatric dentistry published in five paediatric dentistry journals during the defined periods. The Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT) checklist of 2010 was used to evaluate the quality of reporting. The inter-reviewers' agreement was assessed by calculating the kappa score, and disagreements between reviewers were resolved by consequent discussion. The values and percentages were used to test for significant differences between the two reviews (1985-2006 and 2014-2015).
A total of 40 articles were included. Although the quality of reporting showed considerable heterogeneity, the overall quality of reporting by RCTs was satisfactory and had improved over the years.
Using CONSORT checklist, this study showed general improvement in the quality of reporting of RCTs published in pediatric dentistry journals in all article's sections.
本系统评价旨在确定儿科牙科随机临床试验（RCT）报告质量的改善情况。将2014 - 2015年期间的报告质量与1985 - 2006年期间的报告质量进行比较。
本系统评价比较了在规定时期内发表于五本儿科牙科杂志上的儿科牙科RCT的科学质量。使用2010年的《报告试验的统一标准》（CONSORT）清单来评估报告质量。通过计算kappa分数评估审稿人之间的一致性，审稿人之间的分歧通过后续讨论解决。使用值和百分比来检验两次评价（1985 - 2006年和2014 - 2015年）之间的显著差异。
共纳入40篇文章。虽然报告质量显示出相当大的异质性，但RCT的总体报告质量令人满意，并且多年来有所改善。
使用CONSORT清单，本研究表明儿科牙科杂志发表的RCT在所有文章部分的报告质量总体上有所提高。
