Abstract Background The CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials)
Statement was developed to help biomedical researchers report randomised controlled …

Abstract Background Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are used to evaluate social and
psychological interventions and inform policy decisions about them. Accurate, complete, and …

Background Determining the effectiveness of social and psychological interventions is
important for improving individual and population health. Such interventions are complex …

Background Previous reviews show that reporting guidelines have improved the quality of
trial reports in medicine, yet existing guidelines may not be fully suited for social and …

Objective This study collected randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published in the social
sciences in China and assessed their risk of bias and reporting quality. Study design and …

We developed a reporting guideline to provide authors with guidance about what should be
reported when writing a paper for publication in a scientific journal using a particular type of …

There is substantial evidence that research studies reported in the scientific literature do not
provide adequate information so that readers know exactly what was done and what was …

Importance Transparent reporting of randomized trials is essential to facilitate critical
appraisal and interpretation of results. Factorial trials, in which 2 or more interventions are …

Introduction There are major problems with failure to replicate research findings.
Contributing to this problem is a failure to report on factors related to external validity …

Addressing Reporting Biases Page 1 10 Addressing reporting biases Edited by Jonathan AC
Sterne, Matthias Egger and David Moher on behalf of the Cochrane Bias Methods Group Key …