Risk of bias for randomized controlled trials in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
Authors' conclusion
Reporting quality increased over time, with consistently high reporting quality in recently published JCMC RCTs.
Study context
- Population
- Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) published in the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing (JCMC) through December 31, 2020RCTs in 1,507 articles
- Participants
- 132 participants
- Comparison
- Jadad scale vs van Tulder scale vs Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool (CCRBT)
- Outcome
- Reporting quality of RCTs (Jadad, van Tulder, CCRBT)
Methodological detailsrisk-of-bias assessment of RCTs, Jadad scale, van Tulder scale, Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool (CCRBT), stepwise regression
- Risk-of-bias assessment of RCTs
- Jadad scale
- Van Tulder scale
- Cochrane Collaboration's risk of bias tool (CCRBT)
- Stepwise regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
RCTs meeting criteria for high reporting quality
Further findings
Reporting quality scores vs publication year · through December 31, 2020
- Jadad scores, median (IQR)
- 3.0 (2.0-5.0)
- Jadad scores, coefficient per publication year
- 0.08 (0.04, 0.11), p < 0.001 (95% CI)
- Van Tulder scores, median (IQR)
- 7.0 (5.0-8.75)
- Van Tulder scores, coefficient per publication year
- 0.15 (0.11, 0.20), p < 0.001 (95% CI)
- CCRBT assessment, coefficient per publication year
- 0.04 (0.02, 0.06), p < 0.001 (95% CI)
- Scores increased significantly with publication year
- Stepwise regression analysis
Reporting quality scores, last 5 years
- Jadad scores, median (IQR)
- 4.0 (3.0-5.0)
- Van Tulder scores, median (IQR)
- 8.0 (6.0-9.0)
Description of detailed blinding and allocation methods
- Articles describing detailed blinding methods
- 33.3%
- Articles describing detailed allocation methods
- 37.1%
Original publication
Risk of bias for randomized controlled trials in Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing. J Clin Monit Comput. Published 26 April 2022. doi:10.
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