The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials.

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To comprehend the results of a randomized, controlled trial (RCT), readers must understand its design, conduct, analysis, and interpretation. That goal can be achieved only through complete transparency from authors. Despite several decades of educational efforts, the reporting of RCTs needs improvement. Investigators and editors developed the original CONSORT (Con solidated S tandards o f R eporting T rials) statement to help authors improve reporting by using a checklist and flow diagram. T...

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Authors: Moher, D; Schulz, K; Altman, D

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Annals of internal medicine
• Volume: 134
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 657-662
• Publication date: 2001-04-01
• DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-8-200104170-00011
• EISSN: 1539-3704
• ISSN: 0003-4819
• Language: English
• Keywords: CONSORT GROUP (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials); Humans; Quality Control; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Publishing; Algorithms; Reproducibility of Results