Study designs and statistical methods in rheumatological journals: an international comparison

Por favor, use este identificador para citar o enlazar este ítem: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/17918
Información del item - Informació de l'item - Item information
Título: Study designs and statistical methods in rheumatological journals: an international comparison
Autor/es: Ruiz-Cantero, María Teresa | Álvarez-Dardet, Carlos | Vela, P. | Pascual, Eliseo
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: Salud Pública
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Enfermería Comunitaria, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública e Historia de la Ciencia
Palabras clave: Research design | Epidemiology | Biostatistics | Observational studies | Experimental studies
Área/s de conocimiento: Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública
Fecha de publicación: oct-1991
Editor: Oxford University Press
Cita bibliográfica: RUIZ, M.T., et al. “Study designs and statistical methods in rheumatological journals: an international comparison”. British Journal of Rheumatology. Vol. 30, No. 5 (Oct. 1991). ISSN 0263-7103, pp. 352-355
Resumen: In order to determine the characteristics of papers published in the rheumatological literature, we have conducted a survey of the seven leading rheumatological journals published in 1987; 1107 original papers have been reviewed and classified according to study design, statistical techniques, and country of origin. Almost half of the published papers were clinical descriptive studies without inferential power; both authors and editors should reflect whether the impact of these studies on the knowledge of readers justifies their frequency. Analytical research was represented mainly by randomized clinical trials (15.6%), and case control studies (14.2%). Cohort studies represented 5.4% and this seems a low figure in a specialty in need of more aetiological research. Almost half of the papers originated from the USA or the UK; journals edited in these countries published papers mainly from the same country. English language journals from other countries published a larger percentage of papers from other countries, including many non-English speaking nations. Bibliometric studies are desirable to evaluate trends in publication.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/17918
ISSN: 0263-7103 (Print) | 1460-2172 (Online)
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/30.5.352
Idioma: eng
Tipo: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Derechos: © Oxford University Press
Revisión científica: si
Versión del editor: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/30.5.352
Aparece en las colecciones:INV - SP - Artículos de Revistas
Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones
Institucional - IUIEG - Publicaciones

Archivos en este ítem:
Archivos en este ítem:
Archivo Descripción TamañoFormato 
ThumbnailStudy designs and statistical methods in rheumatological journals An international comparison.pdfVersión final (acceso restringido)2,26 MBAdobe PDFAbrir    Solicitar una copia


Todos los documentos en RUA están protegidos por derechos de autor. Algunos derechos reservados.