Inadequate reporting of enrolled patient and study site characteristics, and inter-study site differences in randomized controlled trials: A systematic review in six leading medicine journals

Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Jan:37:e34-e36. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.09.019. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Authors

Sebahattin Yurdakul¹, Gizem Ayan², Yesim Ozguler², Gulen Hatemi², Serdal Ugurlu², Emire Seyahi², Hasan Yazici²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa-Fatih, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: profsyurdakul@gmail.com.
² Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Cerrahpaşa-Fatih, 34098 Istanbul, Turkey.

PMID: 27720299
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2016.09.019

No abstract available

Keywords: CONSORT; Clinical trial; Multicentre trial; Qualitative research; Race/ethnicity; randomized trial.

Publication types

Letter
Review
Systematic Review

MeSH terms

Documentation / standards*
Humans
Multicenter Studies as Topic
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic / standards*