Poor adherence of randomised trials in surgery to CONSORT guidelines for non-pharmacological treatments (NPT): A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Nagendran, Myura ^a   Harding, Daniel ^b   Teo, Wendy ^c   Camm, Christian ^d   Maruthappu, Mahiben ^e   McCulloch, Peter ^f   Hopewell, Sally ^f,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c KEBLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84890515153     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003898     Document Type: Article

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