Pharmacy journal abstracts published in PubMed that abide by the CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines.

Daniel A Blair,Thomas W Woolley,Peter J Hughes

doi:10.3163/1536-5050.102.2.010

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https://doi.org/10.3163/1536-5050.102.2.010

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The purpose of this research was to determine the proportion of abstracts in pharmacy journals that are prepared according to the CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) criteria for abstracts. Certain abstracts for randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) indexed in PubMed were eligible for inclusion, with the primary endpoint being median overall compliance to CONSORT recommendations for abstracts. A total of 63 RCT abstracts were included in the analysis, with only 56% of the recommended CONSORT items represented in the sample. It is recommended that pharmacy journals encourage authors to follow CONSORT recommendations for abstracts when submitting RCTs for publication.

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Pharmacy journal abstracts published in PubMed that abide by CONSORT guidelines Daniel A. Blair
Additional searches were performed to identify more abstracts eligible for inclusion: ("Pharmacotherapy"[Journal]) AND "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] AND ("2009/01/01"[PDat] : "2011/12/31"[PDat]); ("Journal of the American Pharmacists Association: JAPhA "[Journal]) AND "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] AND ("2009/01/01"[PDat] : "2011/12/31"[PDat]); ("The Annals of Pharmacotherapy "[Journal]) AND "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] AND ("2009/01/01"[PDat] : "2011/12/31"[PDat]) ("American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy: AJHP : Official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists "[Journal]) AND "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] AND ("2009/01/01"[PDat] : "2011/12/31"[PDat]); ("The Consultant Pharmacist "[Journal]) AND "Randomized Controlled Trial"[Publication Type] AND ("2009/01/01"[PDat] : "2011/12/31"[PDat])