Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials의 소개: 무작위 대조군 연구의 보고 지침

Abstract

Recently, there are lots methodologies to improve the quality of research in medical and public health fields. One of them is to checking a processof research with a reporting guideline before reporting paper. Especially, reporting guideline for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is theconsolidated standards of reporting trials (CONSORT). Therefore, this review describes the latest version of the CONSORT statement, CONSORT2010, including intent, background, and contents of this. The CONSORT statement comprises a checklist of essential items that should be includedin reports of RCTs and a diagram for documenting the flow of participants through a trial. This report guideline aims at providing guidance to authorsabout how to improve the reporting of their trials. As consulting the CONSORT, authors could be strictly reported about research methods andresults. From this review, we expect to elevate the quality of such research about dental hygiene and to establish the foundation for evidence-based dental hygiene.