Development of guidelines for reporting randomized controlled trials of herbal medicine interventions.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Description: This thesis consisted of three major components: (1) Assessing the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of herbal medicines, (2) Developing reporting guidelines for RCTs of herbal medicines, (3) Development of an explanatory document for the developed reporting guidelines. An analysis of 206 RCTs of herbal medicines revealed that trials are underreporting important aspects of trial rationale, design, analysis and interpretation. A consensus meeting resulted in elaborations of nine existing CONSORT checklist items. Of particular importance, the elaboration of the intervention item of the CONSORT statement (item 4) outlines specific information required for complete reporting of a herbal medicinal product used. The final project, involved the completion of an explanatory document which outlines the reporting recommendations in detail, providing empirical evidence or rationale for or against each item and examples of good reporting. These recommendations will aid trialists, reviewers and editors in designing, implementing and reviewing herbal medicine RCTs.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-02, page: 0835.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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