Impact of intravenous dexmedetomidine on postoperative bowel movement recovery after laparoscopic nephrectomy: A consort-prospective, randomized, controlled trial

1b-i) Key features/functionalities/components of the intervention and comparator in the METHODS section of the ABSTRACT "The intervention website was founded on the theory of stages of change and planned behaviour and, apart from a forum page where a physiotherapist answered questions about PA and training, fully automated." 1b-ii) Level of human involvement in the METHODS section of the ABSTRA...

Item 1b. CONSORT 2010: structured summary of trial design, methods, results, and conclusions. PRO Extension: The PRO should be identified in the abstract as a primary or secondary outcome. Example. “The primary outcome was the change in COPD specific quality of life at 24 months as measured with the chronic respiratory questionnaire total score.” Explanation. If a PRO is prespecified as a prima...

BACKGROUND An extension of the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement provides a checklist of items to improve the reporting quality of abstracts of randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, authors of abstracts in some fields have poorly adhered to this guideline. We did an extensive literature survey to examine the quality of reporting trial abstracts in major crit...

As the number of scientific publications in the biomedical field increases exponentially and as it has become apparent that appropriate synthesis of individual study results is critical in clinical decision making, there is a need for improved reporting of the published studies. One of the first and most comprehensive attempts towards improved reporting was the publication, in 1996, of the core...

Objectives The reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) has improved since the publication of the first CONSORT statement. However, word limitations on journal articles still preclude full description of methodology. The extended format of HTA monographs enable trialists to fully articulate methods. We assess the impact of the lack of reference to missing data in CONSORT on the reportin...

BACKGROUND Previous reviews of cluster randomised trials have been critical of the quality of the trials reviewed, but none has explored determinants of the quality of these trials in a specific field over an extended period of time. Recent work suggests that correct conduct and reporting of these trials may require more than published guidelines. In this review, our aim was to assess the quali...

BACKGROUND Reporting of the flow of participants through each stage of a randomized trial is essential to assess the generalisability and validity of its results. We assessed the type and completeness of information reported in CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) flow diagrams published in current reports of randomized trials. METHODS A cross sectional review of all primary r...