A review found inadequate reporting of case-control studies of risk factors for pancreatic cancer.
Case–control
Epidemiology
Pancreatic cancer
Reporting
Review
STROBE
Journal
Journal of clinical epidemiology
ISSN: 1878-5921
Titre abrégé: J Clin Epidemiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8801383
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2021
05 2021
Historique:
received:
02
07
2020
revised:
08
12
2020
accepted:
15
12
2020
pubmed:
29
12
2020
medline:
28
9
2021
entrez:
28
12
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Case-control studies are often used to identify the risk factors for pancreatic cancer. The objective of this study was to evaluate the reporting of case-control studies of the risk factors for pancreatic cancer using the Strengthening The Reporting of OBservational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) for case-control studies checklist. We conducted a comprehensive literature search of the MEDLINE and EMBASE databases to identify reports of case-control studies published between 2016 and 2018. We scored article reporting using a reporting adherence form developed from the STROBE checklist for case-control studies, consisting of 14 STROBE items related to the title, abstract, methods, and results sections. We included reports of 47 case-control studies investigating a variety of risk factors, such as medical conditions and lifestyle factors. Reporting was inconsistent and inadequate. Efforts to address bias and how the study size was arrived at were particularly poorly described. Study cases were described in more detail than study controls. Reporting of case-control studies remains inadequate more than 10 years after the STROBE reporting guideline was published. Our findings suggest that authors do not understand the extent to which study methods and findings should be reported to enable studies to be fully understood, and their methods reproduced.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33359318
pii: S0895-4356(20)31224-5
doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.12.020
pmc: PMC8168827
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
32-42Subventions
Organisme : Cancer Research UK
ID : C49297/A27294
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : Department of Health
Pays : United Kingdom
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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