Evaluation of reporting quality of abstracts of randomized controlled trials regarding patients with COVID-19 using the CONSORT statement for abstracts

Yin, Yuhuan; Gao, Jiangxia; Zhang, Yiyin; Zhang, Xiaoli; Ye, Jianying; Zhang, Juxia

doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2022.01.002

Evaluation of reporting quality of abstracts of randomized controlled trials regarding patients with COVID-19 using the CONSORT statement for abstracts

Objective To evaluate the reporting quality of randomized controlled trial (RCT) abstracts regarding patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and to analyze the factors influencing the quality. Methods The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library databases were searched to co…