Infrastructure for guideline development

Altman D
Record ID 32010000330
English
Authors' recommendations: Research projects require considerable care in planning and execution if they are to contribute usefully to scientific knowledge and the care of people. However, serious deficiencies in the reporting of research are well-documented. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the focus of particular scrutiny because of their important direct link to health care. The CONSORT Statement (1996 and 2001) presented recommendations for the proper reporting of RCTs. The explicit goal of the CONSORT Group is to foster and facilitate proper reporting of randomised trials. Knowledge that poor research can no longer be hidden behind obscure reporting confers benefit on future trials. The work of CONSORT is extremely wide relevance to the quality of clinical research across all medical areas. There is accumulating evidence that CONSORT has had a beneficial impact on the quality of published articles. The achievements of CONSORT have been despite receiving only sporadic and limited funding, so that many planned activities have not been possible. This application would provide two part-time posts to assist the organisation and research activities of the CONSORT Group. It would enable the Group to produce a new revised Statement and several other related products to enhance the scope and influence of the CONSORT recommendations.
Details
Project Status: Completed
URL for project: https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/069201/#/
Year Published: 2006
URL for published report: https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/programmes/hta/069201/#/
Requestor: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Full HTA
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Research Design
  • Publishing
  • Research Report
  • Reproducibility of Results
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright: Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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