Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement.
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Summary
For RCTs to ultimately benefit patients, the published report should be of the highest possible standard and should provide the reader with the ability to make informed judgments regarding the internal and external validity of the trial.
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- 1996-08-28
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Keywords
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, Generalizability theory, Randomized controlled trial, Internal validity, Medicine
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