Endorsement of the CONSORT guidelines, trial registration, and the quality of reporting randomised controlled trials in leading nursing journals: A cross-sectional analysis

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1071-1079

  Jull, Andrew ^a   Aye, Phyu Sin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CONSORT Statement; Randomised controlled trials; Reporting quality; Sample size calculation; Trial registration

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STANDARDS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928760343     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.11.008     Document Type: Article

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