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CC BY 4.0 · Eur J Dent 2024; 18(01): 341-348
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770912
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Reporting Quality of the Abstracts for Randomized Controlled Trials in Pediatric Dentistry

Vellore Kannan Gopinath 
1   University of Sharjah, College of Dental Medicine, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
,
Raghavendra M. Shetty 
2   Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
3   Center of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
4   Adjunct Faculty, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research (Declared as Deemed-to-be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
,
Apathsakayan Renugalakshmi 
5   Department of Preventive Dental Sciences, Division of Pedodontics, College of Dentistry, Jazan University, Jazan, Saudi Arabia
6   Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India
,
Lalli Dharmarajan
7   Department of Periodontics, S.R.M Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai 600089, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Ponnudurai Samuel Gnana Prakash
7   Department of Periodontics, S.R.M Dental College, Ramapuram, Chennai 600089, Tamil Nadu, India
,
Jayakumar Jayaraman 
8   Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond 23298, Virginia, United States
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Funding This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
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Abstract

Objectives The purpose of this study is to systematically appraise the reporting quality of abstracts for randomized controlled trials (RCT) published in pediatric dentistry using Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) for abstracts and to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of the RCT to the quality of abstracts.

Materials and Methods RCTs published in Pediatric Dentistry were retrieved from the PubMed database from 2016 to 2021. The quality of abstracts was appraised using CONSORT for abstracts checklist by two independent reviewers.

Statistical Analysis In descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage analysis were used for categorical variables, whereas mean and standard deviation were used for continuous variables. To find the significant difference between the bivariate samples in independent groups, Mann–Whitney U test was employed. Multivariate analysis was performed using Kruskal–Wallis test and Mann–Whitney U tests. Probability value of p-value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.

Results Two hundred abstracts were included in the study. All the abstracts adequately reported the “objective” item, whereas only 2 and 4% of abstracts adequately addressed “randomization” and “harms” items, respectively. A significant relationship was observed between the continent of first author/corresponding author, number of authors, impact factor, adherence to CONSORT guidelines, word count, focus of study, and a priori protocol registration to the quality of abstracts (p < 0.05).

Conclusion The abstracts of the RCT included in the study did not adequately follow the CONSORT for abstract guidelines. Adherence to the reporting guidelines would improve the overall reporting quality of abstracts of RCT published in Pediatric Dentistry. The overall mean score of the abstracts was 6.80 out of 15 indicating that the abstracts did not adequately follow the CONSORT for abstract reporting guidelines.

Keywords

abstract - Pediatric Dentistry - reporting quality - randomized controlled trials


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08. August 2023

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