Adequacy and reporting of allocation concealment: review of recent trials published in four general medical journals
- 10 March 2005
- Vol. 330 (7499), 1057-1058
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38413.576713.ae
Abstract
Introduction In randomised controlled trials, allocation concealment (separating the process of randomisation from the recruitment of participants) is important for rigorously designed trials.1–4 In 1996 many major medical journals adopted the CONSORT statement (whereby researchers have to include a short checklist of essential items and a flow diagram when reporting trials),5 and this move encouraged the reporting of allocation concealment. We reviewed the prevalence of adequate allocation concealment and its association with the statistical significance of trial results.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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