Fernández-Pires Paula, Prieto-Botella Daniel, Valera-Gran Desirée, Hurtado-Pomares Miriam, Espinosa-Sempere Cristina, Sánchez-Pérez Alicia, Juárez-Leal Iris, Peral-Gómez Paula, Moreno-Campos Leticia, Navarrete-Muñoz Eva-María
Paula Fernández-Pires, MPH, is Occupational Therapist, Predoctoral Fellow, and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Surgery and Pathology, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain.
Daniel Prieto-Botella, MPH, is Occupational Therapist, Predoctoral Fellow, and Research Assistant, Department of Surgery and Pathology, Miguel Hernández University, Alicante, Spain.
Am J Occup Ther. 2022 Jul 1;76(4). doi: 10.5014/ajot.2022.042333.
Adequate reporting in the abstracts of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is essential to enable occupational therapy practitioners to critically appraise the validity of findings.
To evaluate the reporting quality and characteristics of RCT abstracts published between 2008 and 2018 in the occupational therapy journals with the five highest impact factors in 2018.
A descriptive cross-sectional study.
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy (AJOT), Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (AOTJ), Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy (CJOT), Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy (SJOT), and Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics (POTP) were identified using a Web of Science search.
We searched Scopus for abstracts in the five included journals. We used a 17-point scale based on the CONSORT for Abstracts (CONSORT-A) checklist to assess reporting quality. We also identified characteristics of the abstracts.
Seventy-eight RCT abstracts were assessed and showed moderate to low adherence to the CONSORT-A checklist (Mdn = 8, interquartile range = 7-9). Abstracts of articles with authors from a higher number of institutions, European first authors, and >200 words had higher CONSORT-A scores. The most underreported CONSORT-A items were trial design, blinding, numbers analyzed, outcome (results), harms, trial registration, and funding.
Between 2008 and 2018, the reporting quality in RCT abstracts from the five highest impact occupational therapy journals was moderate to low. Inadequate reporting in RCT abstracts raises the risk that occupational therapy practitioners will make ineffective clinical decisions based on misinterpretation of findings. What This Article Adds: Reporting quality in RCT abstracts in occupational therapy journals is moderate to low. Journal editors should require authors of RCTs to use the CONSORT-A checklist to promote optimal reporting and transparency in abstracts.
随机对照试验（RCT）摘要中的充分报告对于职业治疗从业者批判性地评估研究结果的有效性至关重要。
评估2008年至2018年在2018年影响因子最高的五本职业治疗期刊上发表的RCT摘要的报告质量和特征。
描述性横断面研究。
使用科学网搜索确定了《美国职业治疗杂志》（AJOT）、《澳大利亚职业治疗杂志》（AOTJ）、《加拿大职业治疗杂志》（CJOT）、《斯堪的纳维亚职业治疗杂志》（SJOT）和《儿科学物理与职业治疗》（POTP）。
我们在Scopus中搜索了五本入选期刊中的摘要。我们使用基于摘要报告规范（CONSORT-A）清单的17分制来评估报告质量。我们还确定了摘要的特征。
评估了78篇RCT摘要，结果显示对CONSORT-A清单的遵守程度为中度至低度（中位数=8，四分位间距=7-9）。来自更多机构的作者、欧洲第一作者以及超过200字的文章摘要具有更高的CONSORT-A分数。CONSORT-A中报告最少的项目是试验设计、盲法、分析的数量、结果（结果）、危害、试验注册和资金。
2008年至2018年，五本影响因子最高的职业治疗期刊的RCT摘要报告质量为中度至低度。RCT摘要报告不充分增加了职业治疗从业者基于对研究结果的错误解读做出无效临床决策的风险。本文补充内容：职业治疗期刊中RCT摘要的报告质量为中度至低度。期刊编辑应要求RCT的作者使用CONSORT-A清单，以促进摘要的最佳报告和透明度。
