文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Evaluating the completeness of the reporting of abstracts since the publication of the CONSORT extension for abstracts: an evaluation of randomized controlled trial in ten nursing journals

作者：He, Yan[1];Zhang, Rong[2];Shan, Wenjing[3];Yin, Yuhuan[2];Zhang, Xiaoli[2];Zhang, Yiyin[2];Wang, Xiaoping[4]

第一作者：He, Yan

通信作者：Wang, XP[1]

机构：[1]Hlth Commiss Gansu Prov, Hlth Human Resources Serv Ctr, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China;[2]Gansu Univ Chinese Med, Sch Nursing, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China;[3]Xian Int Med Ctr, Oncol Dept, Nursing, Xian 710000, Shaanxi, Peoples R China;[4]Gansu Prov Hosp, Urol Examinat Room, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China

第一机构：Hlth Commiss Gansu Prov, Hlth Human Resources Serv Ctr, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China

通信机构：[1]corresponding author), Gansu Prov Hosp, Urol Examinat Room, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, Peoples R China.

年份：2023

卷号：24

期号：1

外文期刊名：TRIALS

收录：;Scopus(收录号：2-s2.0-85162823042);WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:001017671800006)】；

基金：This research was funded by the Health Industry Scientific Research Project of Gansu Province (GSWSKY-2019-50)

语种：英文

外文关键词：Abstracts; Randomized controlled trials; Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts

摘要：BackgroundAs a practice-oriented discipline, strict adherence to reporting guidelines is particularly important in randomized controlled trial (RCT) abstracts of the nursing area. However, whether abstract reports after 2010 have complied with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials for Abstracts (CONSORT-A) guideline is unclear. This study aimed to evaluate whether the publication of CONSORT-A has improved abstract reporting in nursing and explores the factors associated with better adherence to the guidelines.MethodsWe searched the Web of Science for 200 RCTs randomly selected from ten nursing journals. We used a data extraction form based on CONSORT-A, including 16 items, to analyze the reporting adherence to the guidelines, and the reporting rate of each item and the total score for each abstract were used to indicate adherence and overall quality score (OQS, range 0-16). A comparison of the total mean score between the two periods was made, and affecting factors were analyzed.ResultsIn the studies we included, 48 abstracts were published pre-CONSORT-A whereas 152 post-CONSORT-A. The overall mean score for reporting adherence to 16 items was 7.41 & PLUSMN; 2.78 and 9.16 & PLUSMN; 2.76 for pre- and post-CONSORT-A, respectively (total score: 16). The most poorly reported items are "harms (0%)," "outcomes in method (8.5%)," "randomization (25%)," and "blinding (6.5%)." Items including the year of publication, impact factor, multiple center trial, word count, and structured abstract are significantly associated with higher adherence.ConclusionsThe adherence to abstract reporting in nursing literature has improved since the CONSORT-A era, but the overall completeness of RCT abstracts remained low. A joint effort by authors, editors, and journals is necessary to improve reporting quality of RCT abstracts.