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Psychology Faculty Publications

Fordham University

2015

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Transparency Of Outcome Reporting And Trial Registration Of Randomized Controlled Trials Published In The Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, Marleine Azar, Kira Riehm, Dean Mckay, Brett Thombs Jan 2015

Transparency Of Outcome Reporting And Trial Registration Of Randomized Controlled Trials Published In The Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, Marleine Azar, Kira Riehm, Dean Mckay, Brett Thombs

Psychology Faculty Publications

Background

Confidence that randomized controlled trial (RCT) results accurately reflect intervention effectiveness depends on proper trial conduct and the accuracy and completeness of pub- lished trial reports. The Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (JCCP) is the primary trials journal amongst American Psychological Association (APA) journals. The objectives of this study were to review RCTs recently published in JCCP to evaluate (1) adequacy of primary outcome analysis definitions; (2) registration status; and, (3) among registered tri- als, adequacy of outcome registrations. Additionally, we compared results from JCCP to findings from a recent study of top psychosomatic and behavioral medicine journals. …