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CONSORT recommendations in abstracts of randomised, controlled trials on migraine and headache
1Department of Neurology, Danish Headache Center, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark. ptha@glo.regionh.dk
Abstract:
A CONSORT statement on the content of abstracts of randomised, controlled trials (RCTs) was published in 2008. I therefore reviewed the abstracts from 2009 to 2010 published on RCTs in Cephalalgia, Headache and other (non-headache) journals. The following items were reviewed: number of patients, reporting of response either in percentages or absolute values, the use of p values, and effect size with its precision. The latter was recommended in the CONSORT statement. A total of 46 abstracts were reviewed and effect size with 95% confidence intervals was only reported in seven abstracts. The influence of the CONSORT statement on reporting in abstracts has so far only had a limited influence on the headache literature.