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Text classification models for assessing the completeness of randomized controlled trial publications based on CONSORT reporting guidelines

Lan Jiang; Mengfei Lan; Joe D Menke; Colby J Vorland; Halil Kilicoglu

Develops and compares text-classification approaches for identifying whether randomized-trial publications report individual CONSORT checklist items.

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Research toolsReporting transparency

clinical-trials · research-software

Author affiliations & identifiers
  • Lan Jiang: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 501 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
  • Mengfei Lan: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 501 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
  • Joe D Menke: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 501 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA.
  • Colby J Vorland: School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
  • Halil Kilicoglu: School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 501 E Daniel Street, Champaign, IL, 61820, USA. halil@illinois.edu.

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CONSORT-TM: Text classification models for assessing the completeness of randomized controlled trial publications

Preprint · 2024 · medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Lan Jiang; Mengfei Lan; Joe D Menke; Colby J Vorland; Halil Kilicoglu

DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.31.24305138

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