Contacto del autor principal para las revisiones sistemáticas de ensayos controlados aleatorizados: una revisión

Vasiliki Sinopoulou1, Eshan Shah2, Morris Gordon3

  • 1Biomedical Evidence Synthesis and Translation to Practice Unit, School of Medicine, Preston PR1 7BH, United Kingdom.

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Resumen

La mayoría de las revisiones sistemáticas (RE) no informan que se haya contactado con los autores del estudio primario para obtener aclaraciones, a pesar de una tasa de respuesta del 50% cuando se contactó. Se requiere más investigación para mejorar este elemento metodológico clave en los SR.

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