Reporting trends of randomised controlled trials in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a systematic review.

Open Heart · 2016 · PMC4975871 · PMID 27547434

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approached significancep=0.07so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

There was a significant increase in the mean score of articles published after CONSORT 2010 compared with those published between CONSORT 2001 and 2010 (difference between means 13.6%, p=0.02), whereas the difference between CONSORT 1996 and 2010 scores approached significance (difference between means 22.8%, p=0.07).

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We identified a positive trend in the quality of reporting following each revision of the CONSORT statement and demonstrated correlation between the quality of study reporting and journal impact factor.

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