Reporting of patients' characteristics in rehabilitation trials: an analysis of publications of RCTs in major clinical rehabilitation journals

Meyer, Thorsten; Tilly, Christiane

doi:10.23736/s1973-9087.20.06710-6

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“…It is common for inequities to coexist across different dimensions and interact, causing multiplicative effects. This has also been shown for comorbidities for people experiencing disabilities, and they are frequently excluded from primary studies [ 63 ]. Glover et al.…”

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Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development

Dewidar

Kawala

Antequera

et al. 2022

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development

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Kawala

Antequera

et al. 2022

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

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“…One problem is inconsistency in trial reporting, such as the lack of a predefined primary outcome measure, even among good‐quality studies. There is a lack of consensus in reporting in rehabilitation RCTs in many areas, such as participant characteristics (36), randomization procedures, statistical analyses and power (37), and intervention description (38). Tools under development, such as checklists to extend the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) group statement for rehabilitation trial reporting (39) should help increase study quality and the ability to synthesize findings.…”

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Rehabilitation Interventions in Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Future Directions

Murphy

Poole

Chen

et al. 2021

Arthritis Care & Research

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Objective To systematically review evidence of rehabilitation interventions for improving outcomes in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and to evaluate evidence quality. Methods Several electronic databases were searched to identify studies in which rehabilitation professionals delivered, supervised, or participated in interventions for individuals with SSc. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or non‐randomized trials, one‐arm trials, and prospective quasi‐experimental studies with interventions were included if they had ≥10 participants. Quality appraisal was conducted by 2 independent raters using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) Scale. Results A total of 16 good or excellent quality studies (15 RCTs, 1 prospective quasi‐experimental study) were included. Most rehabilitation interventions focused on hands/upper extremities, followed by multicomponent, orofacial, and directed self‐management. Sample sizes varied between 20–267 participants (median 38). In 50% of studies, participants in intervention groups significantly improved compared to controls. Most studies demonstrated within‐group improvements in intervention groups. Interventions varied in content, delivery, length, and dose and outcome measures collected. Conclusion Existing evidence provides some support for rehabilitation in SSc, such as interventions that focus on hand and upper extremity outcomes or are multicomponent, although there is high study heterogeneity. The evidence base would benefit from interventions testing similar replicable components, use of common outcome measures, and incorporation of delivery modes that enable larger sample sizes. There are challenges in recruiting participants due to the rarity of SSc and high disease burden, as participants' involvement in rehabilitation studies requires active participation over time. Intervention studies designed to reduce participation barriers may facilitate translation of effective interventions into practice.

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“…They found lack of specificity of items in reporting and conduct guidelines (16), while missing data and compliance-related biases influence treatment effect estimates in rehabilitation trials (17). Meyer et al (18) provided a conceptual and empirical framework for the development of reporting standards on patient characteristics in rehabilitation trials, discussing the type of information specific to rehabilitation patients that should be reported (e.g. comorbidities, functioning characteristics including relevant context factors).…”

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Current evidence from the Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist (RCTRACK) reporting guideline project

Négrini

Chan

Ferriero

et al. 2021

Eur J Phys Rehabil Med

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Reporting of patients' characteristics in rehabilitation trials: an analysis of publications of RCTs in major clinical rehabilitation journals

Cited by 4 publications

References 14 publications

Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development

Methodological guidance for incorporating equity when informing rapid-policy and guideline development

Rehabilitation Interventions in Systemic Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Future Directions

Current evidence from the Randomized Controlled Trials Rehabilitation Checklist (RCTRACK) reporting guideline project

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