The impact of the CONSORT statement on reporting of randomized clinical trials in psychiatry

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-122

  Han, Changsu ^a,b   Kwak, Kyung phil ^a,c   Marks, David M ^a   Pae, Chi Un ^a,d   Wu, Li Tzy ^a   Bhatia, Kamal S ^a   Masand, Prakash S ^a   Patkar, Ashwin A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CONSORT statement; Psychiatry; Randomized clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; INFORMED CONSENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; ETHICS COMMITTEES, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PSYCHIATRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60249093215     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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