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ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2023

Perspectives on the application of CONSORT guidelines to randomised controlled trials in nutrition.

Jessica Rigutto-Farebrother, Sanne Ahles, Janet Cade, Karen J Murphy, Jogchum Plat, Lukas Schwingshackl, Helen M Roche, Sangeetha Shyam, Carl Lachat, Anne-Marie Minihane and 1 more

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Article in European journal of nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Jessica Rigutto-FarebrotherHuman Nutrition Laboratory, Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. Jessica.Rigutto@hest.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-139X
Sanne AhlesDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Janet CadeNutritional Epidemiology Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Karen J MurphyClinical and Health Sciences, Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
Jogchum PlatDepartment of Nutrition and Movement Sciences, School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Lukas SchwingshacklInstitute for Evidence in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Helen M RocheNutrigenomics Research Group, UCD Conway Institute, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Sports Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Sangeetha ShyamCentre for Translational Research, Institute for Research, Development, and Innovation (IRDI), International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Carl LachatDepartment of Food Technology, Safety and Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Anne-Marie MinihaneNutrition and Preventive Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK.
Connie WeaverSchool of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeReporting guidelines facilitate quality and completeness in research reporting. The CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is widely applied to dietary and nutrition trials but has no extension specific to nutrition. Evidence suggests poor reporting in nutrition research. The Federation of European Nutrition Societies led an initiative to make recommendations for a nutrition extension to the CONSORT statement towards a more robust reporting of the evidence base.

methodsAn international working group was formed of nutrition researchers from 14 institutions in 12 different countries and on five continents. Using meetings over a period of one year, we interrogated the CONSORT statement specifically for its application to report nutrition trials.

resultsWe provide a total of 28 new nutrition-specific recommendations or emphasised recommendations for the reporting of the introduction (three), methods (twelve), results (five) and discussion (eight). We also added two additional recommendations that were not allocated under the standard CONSORT headings.

conclusionWe identify a need to provide guidance in addition to CONSORT to improve the quality and consistency of the reporting and propose key considerations for further development of formal guidelines for the reporting of nutrition trials. Readers are encouraged to engage in this process, provide comments and conduct specific studies to inform further work on the development of reporting guidelines for nutrition trials.

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Randomized Controlled Trials as TopicResearch DesignGuidelines as TopicNutritional StatusCONSORTDietary interventionsExpert opinionGuidelinesNutrition trialsReporting

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PMID37099211

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