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CONSORT

Author:Lengyel J.
on 27 Jul, 2007

Last edited by: Lengyel J. on 24 Feb, 2008
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CONSORT is a way of standardising published Randomised controlled trials

"In the mid-1990s, two independent initiatives to improve the quality of reports of RCTs led to the publication of the CONSORT statement,

Lancet 2001; 357: 1191–94http://www.consort-statement.org/Statement/lancet.pdf

 

Flow chart http://www.consort-statement.org/Downloads/flowchart.doc

Summary http://www.consort-statement.org/Downloads/Checklist.doc  

7 which was developed by an international group of clinical trialists, statisticians, epidemiologists, and biomedical editors."


This review came out Feb 2008 ( Be warned it is lenghty)

http://www.library.nhs.uk/rss/newsAndRssArticle.aspx?uri=http://www.library.nhs.uk/resources/?id=279514

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050020&ct=1#toclink4

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-pdf&file=10.1371_journal.pmed.0050020-S.pdf 

 

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