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Completeness of reporting of case reports in high‐impact medical journals

INTRODUCTION: Case reports represent a relevant, timely and important study design in advancing medical scientific knowledge. They allow integration between clinical practice and clinical epidemiology. We aimed to assess the completeness of reporting (COR) of case reports published in high‐impact jo...

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Autores principales: Calvache, José A., Vera‐Montoya, Maira, Ordoñez, Darío, Hernandez, Adrian V., Altman, Douglas, Moher, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7187208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32068257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13215
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author Calvache, José A.
Vera‐Montoya, Maira
Ordoñez, Darío
Hernandez, Adrian V.
Altman, Douglas
Moher, David
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Vera‐Montoya, Maira
Ordoñez, Darío
Hernandez, Adrian V.
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Moher, David
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description INTRODUCTION: Case reports represent a relevant, timely and important study design in advancing medical scientific knowledge. They allow integration between clinical practice and clinical epidemiology. We aimed to assess the completeness of reporting (COR) of case reports published in high‐impact journals. We assessed the COR of case reports using the CARE guidelines. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected three high‐impact journals and one journal specialized in publishing case reports, in which we included all published case reports from July to December 2017. Median COR score was calculated per study, and CORs were compared between journals with and without endorsement of CARE guidelines. RESULTS: One hundred and fourteen case reports were included. Overall median COR was 81%, IQR [63%‐96%]. Sections with the highest COR (84%‐100%) were patient information, clinical findings, therapeutic intervention, follow‐up and outcomes, discussion and informed consent. Sections with the lowest COR were title, keywords, timeline and patient perspective (2%‐34%). COR was higher in journals endorsing in comparison to those not endorsing CARE guidelines (77% vs 65%), respectively, median difference = −12% 95% CI [−16% to −7%]. DISCUSSION: Overall completeness of case reports in included journals is high especially for CARE endorsing and dedicated journals but reporting of some items could be improved. Ongoing and future evaluations of endorsement status of reporting guidelines in medical journals should be assessed to improve completeness and reduce waste of clinical research, including case reports.
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spelling pubmed-71872082020-04-28 Completeness of reporting of case reports in high‐impact medical journals Calvache, José A. Vera‐Montoya, Maira Ordoñez, Darío Hernandez, Adrian V. Altman, Douglas Moher, David Eur J Clin Invest Original Articles INTRODUCTION: Case reports represent a relevant, timely and important study design in advancing medical scientific knowledge. They allow integration between clinical practice and clinical epidemiology. We aimed to assess the completeness of reporting (COR) of case reports published in high‐impact journals. We assessed the COR of case reports using the CARE guidelines. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We selected three high‐impact journals and one journal specialized in publishing case reports, in which we included all published case reports from July to December 2017. Median COR score was calculated per study, and CORs were compared between journals with and without endorsement of CARE guidelines. RESULTS: One hundred and fourteen case reports were included. Overall median COR was 81%, IQR [63%‐96%]. Sections with the highest COR (84%‐100%) were patient information, clinical findings, therapeutic intervention, follow‐up and outcomes, discussion and informed consent. Sections with the lowest COR were title, keywords, timeline and patient perspective (2%‐34%). COR was higher in journals endorsing in comparison to those not endorsing CARE guidelines (77% vs 65%), respectively, median difference = −12% 95% CI [−16% to −7%]. DISCUSSION: Overall completeness of case reports in included journals is high especially for CARE endorsing and dedicated journals but reporting of some items could be improved. Ongoing and future evaluations of endorsement status of reporting guidelines in medical journals should be assessed to improve completeness and reduce waste of clinical research, including case reports. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020-03-14 2020-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7187208/ /pubmed/32068257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13215 Text en © 2020 The Authors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7187208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32068257
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.13215
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