Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-27-2008
Publication Title
BioMed Central Medical Research Methodology
Abstract
To describe how frequently harm is reported in the abstract of high impact factor medical journals. We carried out a blinded structured review of a random sample of 363 Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) carried out on human beings, and published in high impact factor medical journals in 2003. Main endpoint: 1) Proportion of articles reporting harm in the abstract; and 2) Proportion of articles that reported harm in the abstract when harm was reported in the main body of the article. Analysis: Corrected Prevalence Ratio (cPR) and its exact confidence interval were calculated. Non-conditional logistic regression was used.
DOI
10.1186/1471-2288-8-14
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Bernal-Delgado, Enrique and Fisher, Elliot S., "Abstracts in High Profile Journals often Fail to Report Harm" (2008). Dartmouth Scholarship. 644.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/644