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Reporting quality of statistical methods in surgical observational studies: protocol for systematic review

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Title
Reporting quality of statistical methods in surgical observational studies: protocol for systematic review
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Systematic Reviews, June 2014
DOI 10.1186/2046-4053-3-70
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Robert Wu, Peter Glen, Tim Ramsay, Guillaume Martel

Abstract

Observational studies dominate the surgical literature. Statistical adjustment is an important strategy to account for confounders in observational studies. Research has shown that published articles are often poor in statistical quality, which may jeopardize their conclusions. The Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature (SAMPL) guidelines have been published to help establish standards for statistical reporting. This study will seek to determine whether the quality of statistical adjustment and the reporting of these methods are adequate in surgical observational studies. We hypothesize that incomplete reporting will be found in all surgical observational studies, and that the quality and reporting of these methods will be of lower quality in surgical journals when compared with medical journals. Finally, this work will seek to identify predictors of high-quality reporting.

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Unknown 38 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 24%
Student > Master 6 16%
Researcher 5 13%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 11%
Professor 3 8%
Other 6 16%
Unknown 5 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 16 42%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 8%
Social Sciences 2 5%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1 3%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 3%
Other 7 18%
Unknown 8 21%
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