41 The CONSORT Consolidated Standardss of Reporting Trials) Statement, which was established specifically to encourage adequate reporting of RCTs, does not cover PPI.
2 3 4 That lack of adequate reporting fuelled the development of the original CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement in 1996 5 and its revision five years later.
But she goes way beyond the lack of adequate reporting to consider the darker side of her home country.
Many who have sued Gawker said that it overstepped the boundaries of privacy, slandered reputations or failed to do adequate reporting before posting articles.
Adequate reporting of methodology in surgical RCTs is known to be poor, and adverse-event reporting in surgical research is inconsistent.
Due to their nature and methodological complexity, HEE have particular challenges for adequate reporting, which can be greater than more traditional study designs such as randomized controlled trials.
Limitations include underreporting due to time constraints, lack of adequate reporting systems, fear of litigation, a reluctance to report one's own errors, uncertainty of the clinical importance of the events, and the lack of changes after reporting.
To minimise publication bias, all studies with adequate reporting were included, whether full-text articles, dissertations, abstracts, conference presentations or other unpublished data that had undergone some form of peer-review.
This article complements the more detailed SCRIBE 2016 Explanation and Elaboration article (Tate et al., 2016) that provides a rationale for each of the items and examples of adequate reporting from the literature.
Adequate reporting of clinical trials improves transparency, and aids interpretation and replication of studies.
