An observational study found that authors of randomized controlled trials frequently use concealment of randomization and blinding, despite the failure to report these methods

Devereaux, P.J.; Choi, Peter T.-L.; El-Dika, Samer; Bhandari, Mohit; Montori, Victor M.; Schünemann, Holger J.; Garg, Amit X.; Busse, Jason W.; Heels-Ansdell, Diane; Ghali, William A.; Manns, Braden J.; Guyatt, Gordon H.

doi:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.03.017

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Volume 57, Issue 12 , Pages 1232-1236, December 2004

An observational study found that authors of randomized controlled trials frequently use concealment of randomization and blinding, despite the failure to report these methods

P.J. Devereaux
- Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Room 2C8, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada
- Corresponding author. Tel: 905-525-9140 ext. 22804; fax: 905-524-3841.
Peter T.-L. Choi
- Department of Anesthesia and the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Samer El-Dika
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
Mohit Bhandari
- Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Victor M. Montori
- Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Holger J. Schünemann
- Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Amit X. Garg
- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Jason W. Busse
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Diane Heels-Ansdell
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
William A. Ghali
- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Braden J. Manns
- Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Gordon H. Guyatt
- Department of Medicine, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Room 2C8, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8N 3Z5, Canada