Reporting of blood pressure data in medical journals.

Reporting Statistical Results in Medical Journals.

Statistical editors of the Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences (MJMS) must go through many submitted manuscripts, focusing on the statistical aspect of the manuscripts. However, the editors notice myriad styles of reporting the statistical results, which are not standardised among the authors. This could be due to the lack of clear written instructions on reporting statistics in the guideline...

Reporting of Negative Randomized Trials in Three Major Medical Journals

Context: In recent years there has been increasing interest on publication bias and on initiatives to decrease bias, including trial registration. Objective: To test whether there has been an increase in reports of randomized control trials (RCT’s) with negative outcomes in major journals and to identify factors associated with these reports. Design: Retrospective review of reports of RCT’s pub...

Perfusion data in scientific journals: perfusion standards of reporting trials.

A system to improve the standard of publication regarding the techniques and variables of extracorporeal support, and to enable the data used for publication to be available for future aggregation, analysis, and interpretation may help improve the science of perfusion. Frequently, statements such as “Standard cardiopulmonary bypass was utilized” or “Routine cardiopulmonary bypass was conducted”...

Adherence to the CONSORT Statement in the Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials on Pharmacological Interventions Published in Iranian Medical Journals

Background: Among manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals, randomized controlled trials (RCTs) form the backbone of evidence-based medicine. Hence, their protocol should be designed rigorously and their results should be reported clearly. To improve the quality of RCT reporting, researchers developed the CONSORT Statement in 1996 and updated it in 2010. This study was designed to assess th...

STATISTICS IN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL JOURNALS OF IRAN