What is the Quality of the Reporting of Research Ethics in Publications of Nursing Home Research?

Abstract

In publications of research that involves nursing home residents, basic standards of research ethics are not typically reported. However, the positive association between research ethics instructions category and research ethics quality score suggests that a journal's instructions for authors or other features of peer review and editing can affect the quality of reporting research ethics.

Human Subject Research: Reporting Ethics Approval and Informed Consent in 3 Chiropractic Journals

“…However, past studies have shown that the documentation of ethics board approval and receipt of informed consent is neither consistently done nor always reported. [4][5][6][7] To date, there have been no reports of ethics board approval or informed consent within the chiropractic literature or within chiropractic research.…”

Methodological quality and reporting of ethical requirements in phase III cancer trials

“…3 4 It has also been shown that disclosure of ICP and REC approval in published reports is sometimes incomplete and/or omitted. [5][6][7][8] Nevertheless, in oncology there is no study that has assessed the relationship between the ethical quality and methodological quality of phase III randomised trials. The aim of this study was to assess these qualities, and the relationship between them, in phase III randomised cancer trials.…”

Reporting ethical processes: Survey of ′instructions to authors′ provided by Indian journals

“…This section can be used to describe ECA, provision for IC and conformity to Declaration of Helsinki and National Ethical Guidelines for Conducting Biomedical Research on Human Participants. This might help improve compliance with reporting of research ethics, as has been shown by Karlawish et al [8] Other measures such as providing checklists for authors and reviewers to ensure compliance with reporting of ethical processes could also help. The journals could consider providing links to Declaration of Helsinki, [3] National Ethical Guidelines for Conducting Biomedical Research on Human Participants, [2] etc., from the journal website.…”