How Psychiatry Journals Support the Unbiased Translation of Clinical Research. A Cross-Sectional Study of Editorial Policies
How Psychiatry Journals Support the Unbiased Translation of Clinical Research. A Cross-Sectional Study of Editorial Policies
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DOI：
10.1371/journal.pone.0075995
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发表时间：
2013-10-16
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Strech, Daniel
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作者：
Knueppel, Hannes;Metz, Courtney;Strech, Daniel
导言：报告指南(如CONTORT)已被开发为报告研究结果时提高质量和减少偏见的工具。已经建议进行试验登记，以对抗选择性发表。国际医学期刊编辑委员会(ICMJE)鼓励实施报告指南和作为统一要求(URM)的试验注册。然而，在过去的二十年里，在一些文献综述和其他调查中，临床试验的报道和注册不足已经被发现。到目前为止，还没有研究调查精神病学期刊上的作者说明在多大程度上鼓励遵循报告指南和试验注册。方法：精神病学期刊是从2011年期刊引文报告中确定的。对作者说明和所有期刊提交过程中提供的信息进行评估，以是否提到主要报告指南、试验注册和ICMJE的URM，并推荐遵守。结果：我们的分析包括123种精神病学期刊(英文和德文)。少数人建议或要求1)遵循URM(21%)，2)坚持报告指南，如CONSORT、PRISMA、STROBE(23%、7%、4%)，或3)临床试验注册(34%)。排名前十的精神病学期刊的子样本(按影响因素排名)提供了更好的比率，但仍然可以提高。例如，70%的排名前十的精神病学期刊不要求提供具体的试验注册号。讨论：假设报道更好、注册更好、不缺乏实质性信息的临床研究将提高对临床研究结果的理解、可信度和公正的翻译，包括读者(医生、患者)、作者、审稿人和编辑在内的几个利益相关者可能会受益于精神病学期刊上改进的作者说明。改进的第一步将是要求遵守被广泛接受的报告准则和试验登记。
Introduction: Reporting guidelines (e. g. CONSORT) have been developed as tools to improve quality and reduce bias in reporting research findings. Trial registration has been recommended for countering selective publication. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) encourages the implementation of reporting guidelines and trial registration as uniform requirements (URM). For the last two decades, however, biased reporting and insufficient registration of clinical trials has been identified in several literature reviews and other investigations. No study has so far investigated the extent to which author instructions in psychiatry journals encourage following reporting guidelines and trial registration.Method: Psychiatry Journals were identified from the 2011 Journal Citation Report. Information given in the author instructions and during the submission procedure of all journals was assessed on whether major reporting guidelines, trial registration and the ICMJE's URM in general were mentioned and adherence recommended.Results: We included 123 psychiatry journals (English and German language) in our analysis. A minority recommend or require 1) following the URM (21%), 2) adherence to reporting guidelines such as CONSORT, PRISMA, STROBE (23%, 7%, 4%), or 3) registration of clinical trials (34%). The subsample of the top-10 psychiatry journals (ranked by impact factor) provided much better but still improvable rates. For example, 70% of the top-10 psychiatry journals do not ask for the specific trial registration number.Discussion: Under the assumption that better reported and better registered clinical research that does not lack substantial information will improve the understanding, credibility, and unbiased translation of clinical research findings, several stakeholders including readers (physicians, patients), authors, reviewers, and editors might benefit from improved author instructions in psychiatry journals. A first step of improvement would consist in requiring adherence to the broadly accepted reporting guidelines and to trial registration.