Brief Report: Reporting Practices of Methodological Information in Four Journals of Pediatric and Child Psychology

Raad, Jennifer M.; Bellinger, Skylar; McCormick, Erica; Roberts, Michael C.; Steele, Ric G.

doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsm130

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“…For instance, all submissions should use a structured abstract format, and all should conform to the current APA Journal Article Reporting Standards (APA Publications and Communications Board Working Group on Journal Article Reporting Standards, 2008). Consistent with these guidelines and the findings of Raad, Bellinger, McCormick, Roberts, and Steele (2008), all empirical manuscripts should offer thorough descriptions of the sample, including (a) the population from which the sample was drawn; (b) the number of participants; (c) age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of participants; (d) location of sample, including country and community type (rural=urban); (e) sample PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE identification=selection; (f) how participants were contacted; (g) incentives=rewards; (h) parent consent=child assent procedures and rates; (i) inclusion and exclusion criteria; and (j) attrition rate. Reliability and validity data are required for all measures.…”

Section: Current Jccap Focussupporting

confidence: 88%

Editorial:JCCAP: Past, Present, and Future

Prinstein

2012

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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Section: Current Jccap Focussupporting

confidence: 88%

Editorial:JCCAP: Past, Present, and Future

Prinstein

2012

Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology

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“…Deficiencies in reports from clinical pediatric research have been found in various pediatric subspecialties including pediatric urology, pediatric orthopedics, and drug trials. [34][35][36][37] Generic reporting guidelines have been developed by groups of scientists, methodologists, and journal editors with the aim to improve the quality of research reports. There is now first evidence of a positive impact of such guidelines on reporting quality.…”

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Editorial Policies of Pediatric Journals

Meerpohl¹,

Wolff²,

Niemeyer³

et al. 2010

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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To study whether specific recommendations aiming to improve publication practice were included in author instructions of pediatric journals. Design: We identified 69 journals in the subject category "pediatrics" of the Journal Citation Report 2007 that publish original research articles. From the journals' online author instructions, we extracted information regarding endorsement of the Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts (URM) of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and of 5 major reporting guidelines such as the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement, disclosure of conflicts of interest, and trial registration. Two investigators collected data independently. Results: The URM were mentioned in author instructions of 38 of the 69 journals (55%). Endorsement of reporting guidelines was low: CONSORT was referred to most frequently (14 journals; 20%); each of the other 4 reporting guidelines was mentioned in less than 10% of author instructions. Fifty-four journals (78%) explicitly required authors to disclose conflicts of interest, and 16 (23%) either recommended or required trial registration. The odds of endorsing the URM increased by 2.25 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.17-4.34) per additional impact factor point. Similarly, the odds increased by 2.32 (95% CI, 0.95-5.70) for requiring disclosure of conflicts of interest and by 3.66 (95% CI, 1.74-7.71) for requiring trial registration. Conclusions: Many pediatric journals do not include recommendations that aim to improve publication practice in their author instructions. About one-fifth of journals do not require authors to disclose conflicts of interest on manuscript submission and more than three-quarters do not require/recommend trial registration.

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“…[1–3] Analysis of reporting characteristics provides the current status of research publications in journals. Reporting characteristics were reviewed previously and published in a variety of journals in the fields of general medicine,[4–23] dentistry,[24–26] and in secondary journals[27] that involved medical specialties such as anesthesiology,[2829] dermatology,[30–34] emergency medicine,[3536] endocrinology,[37] gastroenterology,[38] hepatology,[32] ophthalmology,[3940] otorhinolaryngology,[4142] physiology,[43] pediatrics,[4445] pediatric dentistry,[46] pediatric psychology,[47] surgery,[4849] veterinary medicine[50] and also in allied health,[51] nursing[52] and rehabilitation. [53]…”

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“…[56] Most of the studies focused on reporting of ethical issues,[13–15242834444555] quality of reporting,[4–69–1216–18253137–4046485053] research methodology[7192032333536414547] and statistical issues,[82122262943] very few studies were focused on reporting characteristics for clinical topics such as diagnosis,[30384052] and/or treatment[5357] for diseases or disorders. [57–59]…”

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Reporting characteristics of cancer pain: A systematic review and quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative care journals

Kumar

2011

Indian J Palliat Care

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Objective:A common disorder requiring symptom palliation in palliative and end-of-life care is cancer. Cancer pain is recognized as a global health burden. This paper sought to systematically examine the extent to which there is an adequate scientific research base on cancer pain and its reporting characteristics in the palliative care journal literature.Materials and Methods:Search conducted in MEDLINE and CINAHL sought to locate all studies published in 19 palliative/ hospice/ supportive/ end-of-life care journals from 2009 to 2010. The journals included were: American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care, BMC Palliative Care, Current Opinion in Supportive and Palliative Care, End of Life Care Journal, European Journal of Palliative Care, Hospice Management Advisor, Indian Journal of Palliative Care, International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Internet Journal of Pain Symptom Control and Palliative Care, Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, Journal of Palliative Care, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Journal of Social Work in End-of-life and Palliative Care, Journal of Supportive Oncology, Palliative Medicine, Palliative and Supportive Care, and Supportive Care in Cancer. Journal contents were searched to identify studies that included cancer pain in abstract.Results:During the years 2009 and 2010, of the selected 1,569 articles published in the journals reviewed, only 5.86% (92 articles) were on cancer pain.Conclusion:While researchers in the field of palliative care have studied cancer pain, the total percentage for studies is still a low 5.86%. To move the field of palliative care forward so that appropriate guidelines for cancer pain management can be developed, it is critical that more research be reported upon which to base cancer pain therapy in an evidence-based palliative care model.

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Brief Report: Reporting Practices of Methodological Information in Four Journals of Pediatric and Child Psychology

Abstract: Improvements in descriptive information have implications for interpretation, replication, and generalizability of research findings.

Cited by 13 publications

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Reporting characteristics of cancer pain: A systematic review and quantitative analysis of research publications in palliative care journals

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