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Kenneth F. Schulz

Researcher at Durham University

Publications -  15
Citations -  10340

Kenneth F. Schulz is an academic researcher from Durham University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 15 publications receiving 8778 citations. Previous affiliations of Kenneth F. Schulz include University of London & FHI 360.

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Assessing the quality of randomization from reports of controlled trials published in obstetrics and gynecology journals.

TL;DR: Proper randomization is required to generate unbiased comparison groups in controlled trials, yet the reports in these journals usually provided inadequate or unacceptable information on treatment allocation, suggesting that nonrandom manipulation of comparison groups and selective reporting of baseline comparisons may have occurred.
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A Proposal for Structured Reporting of Randomized Controlled Trials

TL;DR: A RANDOMIZED controlled trial (RCT) is the most reliable method of assessing the efficacy of health care interventions and reports of RCTs should provide readers with adequate information about what went on in the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of the trial.
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The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials.

TL;DR: The revised CONSORT statement presented in this paper incorporates new evidence and addresses some criticisms of the original statement to improve the reporting of an RCT, enabling readers to understand a trial's conduct and to assess the validity of its results.
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Relation of completeness of reporting of health research to journals’ endorsement of reporting guidelines: systematic review

TL;DR: The completeness of reporting of only nine of 101 health research reporting guidelines (excluding CONSORT) has been evaluated in relation to journals’ endorsement, and insufficient evidence exists to determine the relation between journals' endorsement of reporting guidelines and the completenessOf reporting of published health research reports.

Correspondence2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials

TL;DR: The latest version, CONSORT 2010, is described, which updates the reporting guideline based on new methodological evidence and accumulating experience and is freely accessible on bmj.com.