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SynthesisScientific reports2016

Variability of outcome reporting in Hirschsprung's Disease and gastroschisis: a systematic review.

Benjamin Saul Raywood Allin, Amy Irvine, Nicholas Patni, Marian Knight

Open access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. NETSArchives of disease in childhood · 2017
    Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Moving toward the Development and Effective Implementation of High-Quality Guidelines in Pediatric Surgery: A Review of the Literature.European journal of pediatric surgery : official journal of Austrian Association of Pediatric Surgery ... [et al] = Zeitschrift fur Kinderchirurgie · 2024
    Review
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Development of a gastroschisis core outcome set.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2019
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Benjamin Saul Raywood AllinNational Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford, OX37LF, UK.
Amy IrvineUniversity of Oxford Medical School Medical Sciences Divisional Office University of Oxford Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Nicholas PatniUniversity of Oxford Medical School Medical Sciences Divisional Office University of Oxford Level 3, John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Marian KnightNational Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, Oxford, OX37LF, UK.
John Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Department of Health DRF-2015-08-076Department of Health NIHR-RP-011-032
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Heterogeneity in outcome reporting limits identification of gold-standard treatments for Hirschsprung's Disease(HD) and gastroschisis. This review aimed to identify which outcomes are currently investigated in HD and gastroschisis research so as to counter this heterogeneity through informing development of a core outcome set(COS). Two systematic reviews were conducted. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they compared surgical interventions for primary treatment of HD in review one, and gastroschisis in review two. Studies available only as abstracts were excluded from analysis of reporting transparency. Thirty-five HD studies were eligible for inclusion in the review, and 74 unique outcomes were investigated. The most commonly investigated was faecal incontinence (32 studies, 91%). Seven of the 28 assessed studies (25%) met all criteria for transparent outcome reporting. Thirty gastroschisis studies were eligible for inclusion in the review, and 62 unique outcomes were investigated. The most commonly investigated was length of stay (24 studies, 80%). None of the assessed studies met all criteria for transparent outcome reporting. This review demonstrates that heterogeneity in outcome reporting and a significant risk of reporting bias exist in HD and gastroschisis research. Development of a COS could counter these problems, and the outcome lists developed from this review could be used in that process.

Indexed as

Outcome Assessment, Health CareGastroschisisHirschsprung DiseaseHumansPublication BiasReproducibility of Results

Identifiers

PMID27941923
PMCPMC5150519
OpenAlexW2564347879

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