Better reporting of randomised controlled trials: the CONSORT statement
- 7 September 1996
- Vol. 313 (7057) , 570-571
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.313.7057.570
Abstract
Like all studies, randomised trials are open to bias if done badly.1 It is thus essential that randomised trials are done well and reported adequately. Readers should not have to infer what was probably done, they should be told explicitly. Proper methodology should be used and be seen to have been used. Yet reviews of published trials have consistently found major deficiencies in reporting,2 3 4 making the task …Keywords
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