Journal of clinical epidemiology
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Review
The quality of reporting of trial abstracts is suboptimal: survey of major general medical journals.
To evaluate the quality of reporting of abstracts describing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in four major general medical journals. ⋯ The quality of reporting of RCT abstracts published in main general medical journals is suboptimal. Space limitations notwithstanding, with the recent recommendations from the CONSORT for Abstracts, it is expected that the transparency of abstract reporting can and should improve.