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Quality Assessment and Relevant Clinical Impact of Randomized Controlled Trials of Varicocele: Next Step to Good-Quality Randomized Controlled Trial of Varicocele Treatment
- Source :
- The World Journal of Men's Health. 40:290
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- Korean Society for Sexual Medicine and Andrology, 2022.
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Abstract
- PURPOSE To assess the quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on varicocele published from 1979 to 2017. MATERIALS AND METHODS We searched for original RCT on varicocele published between 1979 and 2017. Jadad scale, van Tulder scale, and Cochrane Collaboration Risk of Bias Tool were used to analyze RCT quality over time. Effects on RCT quality including funding source, Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, and intervention were assessed. Treatment parameters of varicocele were also analyzed. RESULTS Blinding and allocation concealment were described in 25.9% and 9.4% of RCT, respectively. Both tended to increase and a sharp dip in allocation concealment was observed in 2010-2017. Jadad scores increased steadily from 1979 to 2017 (1.28±0.59 to 2.19±1.10, p
- Subjects :
- Aging
medicine.medical_specialty
Blinding
Urology
media_common.quotation_subject
Varicocele
030232 urology & nephrology
law.invention
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Randomized controlled trial
law
Multicenter trial
Medicine
Pharmacology (medical)
Quality (business)
media_common
030219 obstetrics & reproductive medicine
business.industry
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
medicine.disease
Institutional review board
Jadad scale
Psychiatry and Mental health
Reproductive Medicine
Physical therapy
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 22874690 and 22874208
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The World Journal of Men's Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d2e1f94783ab24f3e209341fee869985