Professional medical writing support and the reporting quality of randomized controlled trial abstracts among high-impact general medical journals.

ABSTRACT: Background: In articles reporting randomized controlled trials, professional medical writing support is associated with increased adherence to Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT). We set out to determine whether professional medical writing support was also associated with improved adherence to CONSORT for Abstracts. Methods: Using data from a previously published cross-sectional study of 463 articles reporting randomized controlled trials published between 2011 and 2014 in five top medical journals, we determined the association between professional medical writing support and CONSORT for Abstracts items using a Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Results: The mean proportion of adherence to CONSORT for Abstracts items reported was similar with and without profes

SUBMITTER: Mills I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5615774 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature