Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials of delirium prevention of elderly in China
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1672-7088.2015.18.002
- VernacularTitle:国内期刊发表的预防老年谵妄随机对照试验研究文献质量评价
- Author:
Lu YANG
;
Yulin LIAO
;
Langli GAO
;
Jirong YUE
;
Xuemei ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Randomized controlled trial;
Delirium;
Bias;
Assessing risk of bias;
Jadad scale;
Literature evaluation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing
2015;31(18):1331-1333
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To assess the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of delirium prevention of elderly published in China.Methods The literatures from China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI),WANFANG Data and VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals were evaluated according to Cochrane collaboration's tool for assessing risk of bias and Jadad scale.Results A total of 53 RCTs were included,14 (26.4％,14/53) described radom number table used to generate the random allocation sequence,4 (7.5％,4/53) conducted experiments in a blinded manner,7 (13.2％,7/53) did not use intentionto-treat to analyse those who did not complete the study,9 (17.0％,9/53) had high risk of other bias,none described allocation concealment mechanism and blinding to participants and intercention implementers.Based on Jadad scales,the score was 1-4,average score was (2.3±0.8),19 (35.8％,19/53) were high-quality literatures.Conclusions The quality of present published literatures is not high,the further domestic studies should be designed high-quality to better improve clinical practice.
