Impact of CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology: review of random sample of 300 trials, 2000-8

Ivers, Noah; Taljaard, Monica; N. Dixon, Stephanie; Bennett, Carol; D. McRae, Andrew; Taleban, Julia; Skea, Zoë; Brehaut, Jamie; F. Boruch, Robert; P Eccles, M; Grimshaw, Jeremy; Weijer, Charles; Zwarenstein, Merrick; Donner, Allan

doi:10.1136/bmj.d5886

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Impact of CONSORT extension for cluster randomised trials on quality of reporting and study methodology: review of random sample of 300 trials, 2000-8

Published in BMJ • Sep 26, 2011

Authors:

Noah Ivers

Monica Taljaard

Stephanie N. Dixon

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of the 2004 extension of the CONSORT guidelines on the reporting and methodological quality of cluster randomised trials. DESIGN: Methodological review of 300 randomly sampled cluster randomised trials. Two reviewers independently abstracted 14 criteria related to qua...

Subject

Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials

Medicine

Clinical trial

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