CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials.

Education and debate CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials

Reports of cluster randomised trials require additional information to allow readers to interpret them accurately The effective reporting of randomised controlled trials has received useful attention in recent years. Many journals now require that reports conform to the guidelines in the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement, first published in 1996 and revised in 2001....

Consort 2010 statement: extension to cluster randomised trials.

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement was developed to improve the reporting of randomised controlled trials. It was initially published in 1996 and focused on the reporting of parallel group randomised controlled trials. The statement was revised in 2001, with a further update in 2010. A separate CONSORT statement for the reporting of abstracts was published in 200...

CONSORT 2010 statement: extension to randomised pilot and feasibility trials

The Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is a guideline designed to improve the transparency and quality of the reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In this article we present an extension to that statement for randomised pilot and feasibility trials conducted in advance of a future definitive RCT. The checklist applies to any randomised study in which a f...

CONSORT 2010 statement: extension checklist for reporting within person randomised trials

s for within person RCTs should indicate the paired or within person nature of the trial. Table 1⇓ shows the minimum information that should be included in the abstract of a within person trial, in addition to the items recommended for all trials. We were not able to find examples of good reporting that tackled all the items required. We therefore developed an example abstract by enhancing a pu...