Description of low back pain clinical trials in physical therapy: a cross sectional study

Autor(es)

Nascimento, Dafne Port ^[1] ; Gonzalez, Gabrielle Zoldan ^[1] ; Araujo, Amanda Costa ^[1] ; Pena Costa, Leonardo Oliveira ^[1]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Cidade Sao Paulo UNICID, Masters & Doctoral Programs Phys Therapy, Sao Paulo, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL THERAPY; v. 23, n. 5, p. 448-457, SEP-OCT 2019.
• Citações Web of Science: 1

Resumo

Objective: To describe the main characteristics of low back pain randomized controlled trialson the Physiotherapy Evidence Database, and to rank the journals where these trials were published according to their Impact Factor. Methods: This is a cross sectional study based on a collection of randomized controlled trials. A random sample of 200 low back pain trials published between 2010 and 2015 were selected from Physiotherapy Evidence Database in February 2016. We collected the following main characteristics of trials: 2015 journal Impact Factor; if the paper was published as open access; CONSORT recommendations endorsement by the journal; methodological quality and statistical reporting measured by the 0-10 items Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. Data was analyzed descriptively. Results: Trials were published in journals with a mean Impact Factor of 2.5 (SD 2.5), from which 55.5% endorsed the CONSORT recommendations. The methodological quality was moderate with 5.8 points (SD 1.6). The top 3 journals according to Impact Factor were: (1) British Medical Journal; (2) Annals of Internal Medicine; and (3) BMC Medicine. Only 6 out of 97 journals publishing low back pain trials combined the following factors: journal Impact Factor higher than 2.0, mean trial methodological quality higher than 6.0 points, endorse CONSORT recommendations and offering papers as open access. Conclusion: Clinicians interested in low back pain trials must look for a wide variety of health care journals. A substantial number of low back pain randomized controlled trials did not follow adequate reporting and methodological recommendations. (C) 2018 Associacao Brasileira de Pesquisa de Pos-Graduacao em Fisioterapia. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 15/16953-2 - Análise da qualidade e acurácia de resumos de ensaios controlados aleatorizados em fisioterapia para dor lombar
• Beneficiário: Dafne Port Nascimento
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Mestrado