The journal of evidence-based dental practice
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J Evid Based Dent Pract · Mar 2013
Reporting quality of abstracts of randomized controlled trials published in dental specialty journals.
A widespread assessment of the reporting of RCT abstracts published in dental journals is lacking. Our aim was to investigate the quality of reporting of abstracts published in leading dental specialty journals using, as a guide, the CONSORT for abstracts checklist. ⋯ The mean overall reporting quality score was suboptimal at 62.5% (95% CI: 61.9, 63.0). Significantly better abstract reporting was noted in certain specialty journals and in multicenter trials.