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Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications
BACKGROUND: Abstracts should provide a brief yet comprehensive reporting of all components of a manuscript. Inaccurate reporting may mislead readers and impact citation practices. It was our goal to investigate the reporting quality of abstracts of interventional observational studies in three major...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10463470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37608346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00135-3 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Abstracts should provide a brief yet comprehensive reporting of all components of a manuscript. Inaccurate reporting may mislead readers and impact citation practices. It was our goal to investigate the reporting quality of abstracts of interventional observational studies in three major pediatric orthopedic journals and to analyze any reporting inconsistencies between those abstracts and their corresponding full-text articles. METHODS: We selected a sample of 55 abstracts and their full-text articles published between 2018 and 2022. Included articles were primary therapeutic research investigating the results of treatments or interventions. Abstracts were scrutinized for reporting quality and inconsistencies with their full-text versions with a 22-itemized checklist. The reporting quality of titles was assessed by a 3-items categorical scale. RESULTS: In 48 (87%) of articles there were abstract reporting inaccuracies related to patient demographics. The study's follow-up and complications were not reported in 21 (38%) of abstracts each. Most common inconsistencies between the abstracts and full-text articles were related to reporting of inclusion or exclusion criteria in 39 (71%) and study correlations in 27 (49%) of articles. Reporting quality of the titles was insufficient in 33 (60%) of articles. CONCLUSIONS: In our study we found low reporting quality of abstracts and noticeable inconsistencies with full-text articles, especially regarding inclusion or exclusion criteria and study correlations. While the current sample is likely not representative of overall pediatric orthopedic literature, we recommend that authors, reviewers, and editors ensure abstracts are reported accurately, ideally following the appropriate reporting guidelines, and that they double check that there are no inconsistencies between abstracts and full text articles. To capture essential study information, journals should also consider increasing abstract word limits. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s41073-023-00135-3. |
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spelling | pubmed-104634702023-08-30 Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications Kamel, Sherif Ahmed El-Sobky, Tamer A. Res Integr Peer Rev Research BACKGROUND: Abstracts should provide a brief yet comprehensive reporting of all components of a manuscript. Inaccurate reporting may mislead readers and impact citation practices. It was our goal to investigate the reporting quality of abstracts of interventional observational studies in three major pediatric orthopedic journals and to analyze any reporting inconsistencies between those abstracts and their corresponding full-text articles. METHODS: We selected a sample of 55 abstracts and their full-text articles published between 2018 and 2022. Included articles were primary therapeutic research investigating the results of treatments or interventions. Abstracts were scrutinized for reporting quality and inconsistencies with their full-text versions with a 22-itemized checklist. The reporting quality of titles was assessed by a 3-items categorical scale. RESULTS: In 48 (87%) of articles there were abstract reporting inaccuracies related to patient demographics. The study's follow-up and complications were not reported in 21 (38%) of abstracts each. Most common inconsistencies between the abstracts and full-text articles were related to reporting of inclusion or exclusion criteria in 39 (71%) and study correlations in 27 (49%) of articles. Reporting quality of the titles was insufficient in 33 (60%) of articles. CONCLUSIONS: In our study we found low reporting quality of abstracts and noticeable inconsistencies with full-text articles, especially regarding inclusion or exclusion criteria and study correlations. While the current sample is likely not representative of overall pediatric orthopedic literature, we recommend that authors, reviewers, and editors ensure abstracts are reported accurately, ideally following the appropriate reporting guidelines, and that they double check that there are no inconsistencies between abstracts and full text articles. To capture essential study information, journals should also consider increasing abstract word limits. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s41073-023-00135-3. BioMed Central 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10463470/ /pubmed/37608346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00135-3 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Kamel, Sherif Ahmed El-Sobky, Tamer A. Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title | Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title_full | Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title_fullStr | Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title_full_unstemmed | Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title_short | Reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
title_sort | reporting quality of abstracts and inconsistencies with full text articles in pediatric orthopedic publications |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10463470/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37608346 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41073-023-00135-3 |
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