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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, N. Ivers, M. Taljaard, Stephanie Dixon, C. Bennett, A. Mcrae, J. Taleban, Z. Skea, J. Brehaut, R. Boruch, M. Eccles, J. Grimshaw, Charles Weijer, M. Zwarenstein, A. Donner
Impact Of Consort Extension For Cluster Randomised Trials On Quality Of Reporting And Study Methodology: Review Of Random Sample Of 300 Trials, 2000-8, N. Ivers, M. Taljaard, Stephanie Dixon, C. Bennett, A. Mcrae, J. Taleban, Z. Skea, J. Brehaut, R. Boruch, M. Eccles, J. Grimshaw, Charles Weijer, M. Zwarenstein, A. Donner
Charles Weijer
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 quality of reporting and four methodological criteria specific to cluster randomised trials. We compared manuscripts published before CONSORT (2000-4) with those published after CONSORT (2005-8). We also investigated differences by journal impact factor, type of journal, and trial setting.
DATA SOURCES: A validated Medline search strategy. Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Cluster randomised trials published in English language journals, …