Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
McGill University
$1,500.00
Transparency of outcome reporting and trial registration of randomized controlled trials published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
FY 2015-16
Summary
Little is known about the degree that published reports of non-regulated interventions, such as psychological treatments, accurately reflect planned research questions and trial designs versus selectively reported positive outcomes and non-reporting of negative outcomes. The goal of this study was to evaluate clinical trials published in 2013-2014 in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (JCCP), the top journal for clinical trials of psychological interventions internationally. We found that only 17% of published trial reports properly defined primary and secondary outcomes, which is necessary to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of an intervention. Just over half of trials were registered prior to publication, and only 2 of 70 trials registered enough information to ensure that published reports of results accurately reflected planned trial designs and analyses. This study demonstrated the need for increased examination of the registration and reporting of non-regulated health care interventions so that research results accurately reflect what would occur in actual clinical practice.
Department
Program
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
347143
Name
Azar Marleine
Region
Québec
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Health Services and Policy Research
Theme2
Health systems / services
Prcname2
Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
Projecttitle
Transparency of outcome reporting and trial registration of randomized controlled trials published in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
McGill University
Cihramount2
$1,500
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Keyworddelim
Health Interventions; Informing Policy; Outcome Reporting; Psychology; Randomized Controlled Trials; Trial Registration
Abstract
Little is known about the degree that published reports of non-regulated interventions, such as psychological treatments, accurately reflect planned research questions and trial designs versus selectively reported positive outcomes and non-reporting of negative outcomes. The goal of this study was to evaluate clinical trials published in 2013-2014 in the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology (JCCP), the top journal for clinical trials of psychological interventions internationally. We found that only 17% of published trial reports properly defined primary and secondary outcomes, which is necessary to make informed decisions about the effectiveness of an intervention. Just over half of trials were registered prior to publication, and only 2 of 70 trials registered enough information to ensure that published reports of results accurately reflected planned trial designs and analyses. This study demonstrated the need for increased examination of the registration and reporting of non-regulated health care interventions so that research results accurately reflect what would occur in actual clinical practice.
Competitiondate
201601
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Azar, Marleine
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Hlth Serv & Policy Res~ $1,500~ $0~
