Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology

Journal of Oral Health and Oral Epidemiology

Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials in orthodontics published in PubMed indexed journals by Iranian authors from 2007 to 2017

Document Type : Original Article(s)

Authors
Bahareh Fatemipour 1
Arash Shahravan 2
Batoolasadat Mousavi-Fard 3
Mehdi Vahedi 4
Maryam Fatemipour 5
1 Orthodontist, Department of Cleft Lip and Palate, School of Dentistry AND Akbar Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
2 Professor, Endodontology Research Center, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
3 MSc Student, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
4 MSc Student, Department of Periodontics, School of Dentistry, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
5 MSc Student, Department of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran
10.22122/johoe.v7i2.354
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for providing evidence in clinical research. The present study was performed with the objective to assess the quality of reports of RCTs in orthodontics in PubMed-indexed journals published by Iranian authors from 2007 to 2017.METHODS: All the articles on orthodontics published from 2007 to 2017 and indexed in PubMed with Iran affiliations were reviewed and quality evaluation was performed on them using JADAD checklist.RESULTS: A total of 23 RCTs were evaluated. The mean of total score was 3.09 out of 5 and only 39.1% of the articles had appropriate methods of blinding and randomization. The cause for withdrawal was given in 65.2% of the articles.CONCLUSION: The results of this study indicated that the quality of RCTs published by Iranian authors in orthodontics was acceptable, however improvements were necessary.
Keywords
Randomized Clinical Trials
Quality assessment
Orthodontics
Iran
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  • Receive Date 10 June 2017
  • Accept Date 05 May 2019