Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”

Lu Xiao; Jing Hu; Li Zhang; Hong-cai Shang

doi:10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8

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- Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”
- Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine Vol. 20, Issue 7, Pages: 510-515(2014)
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  1. Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin,China
  2. First Hospital Affiliated to Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin,China
  3. Evidence-Based Medicine Center, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin,China
  4. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University,Beijing,China
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  These two authors contributed equally to this work
- DOI：10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8
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- Published：2014，
  
  Published Online：28 June 2014，
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Xiao, L., Hu, J., Zhang, L. et al. Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 20, 510–515 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8

Lu Xiao, Jing Hu, Li Zhang, et al. Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 20(7):510-515(2014)
Xiao, L., Hu, J., Zhang, L. et al. Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”., Chin. J. Integr. Med. 20, 510–515 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8 DOI：

Lu Xiao, Jing Hu, Li Zhang, et al. Endorsement of CONSORT by Chinese medical journals: A survey of “instruction to authors”. [J]. Chinese Journal of Integrative Medicine 20(7):510-515(2014) DOI： 10.1007/s11655-014-1865-8.

摘要

To determine the extent to which Chinese medical (CM) journals incorporate Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trials (CONSORT) into their “instruction to authors”. We reviewed the latest “instruction to authors” of the CM journals in China which indexed by MEDLINE in 2010 or Excerpta Medica Database (EMBASE) in 2012 and extracted all information of CONSORT

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

other reporting guidelines or clinical trial registration. By reading the instructions to authors and reviewing recent studies published in those journals

those that do not publish clinical trials were excluded. We also contacted each of journals by telephone on contributor’s status to ask them whether mentioned CONSORT in their instructions and incorporated it into their editorial and peer-review process. Full-text papers of randomized controlled trials (RCTs

from January 2011 to March 2012) published in the journals which mentioned “CONSORT” in their instructions for authors were downloaded. Seven CM journals were included. Three of these journals mentioned CONSORT in its instructions. By telephone survey

all journals gave responses and all respondents knew CONSORT statement. Three of 7 journals required authors to comply with the CONSORT statement and provide the CONSORT checklist and a flow chart of the trial. The rest 4 journals recommended authors of RCTs to refer to the CONSORT statement. From January 2011 to March 2012

a total of 50 RCTs were obtained from the 3 journals endorsing the CONSORT statement; 17 (17/50

34%) contained a flow diagram in their manuscript

and none of those RCTs had mentioned the trial registration information. The endorsement of CONSORT by CM journals’ “instruction to authors” was not satisfactory. The spread of CONSORT endorsement should be wider in instructing the performance of CM clinical trials in the future. Chinese journals should introduce CONSORT to their authors and require authors to comply with CONSORT when they submit their research.

Abstract

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE)

other reporting guidelines or clinical trial registration. By reading the instructions to authors and reviewing recent studies published in those journals

a total of 50 RCTs were obtained from the 3 journals endorsing the CONSORT statement; 17 (17/50

34%) contained a flow diagram in their manuscript

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Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trialsrandomized controlled trialChinese medical journalinstruction to authorsreporting quality

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Consolidated Standards for Reporting of Trialsrandomized controlled trialChinese medical journalinstruction to authorsreporting quality

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