Impact of an online writing aid tool for writing a randomized trial report: The COBWEB (Consort-based WEB tool) randomized controlled trial

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Barnes, Caroline ^b,c   Boutron, Isabelle ^a,b,c   Giraudeau, Bruno ^c,d   Porcher, Raphael ^a,b,c   Altman, Douglas G ^e   Ravaud, Philippe ^a,b,c,f  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; CONSORT statement; Randomized controlled trial; Reporting guidelines; Transparency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; WEB BROWSER; WRITING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOFTWARE; STANDARDS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL WRITING; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84941549169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0460-y     Document Type: Article

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