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2024 · Article · Clinical nutrition (Edinburgh, Scotland)

Reporting completeness of nutrition and diet-related randomised controlled trials protocols

Flávia Moraes Silva; Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye; Cintia Curioni; Fabio Gomes; Gary S Collins; Gilberto Kac; Jonathan Cook; Leila Cheikh Ismail; Matthew J Page; Neha Khandpur; Sarah Lamb; Sally Hopewell; Shaima Saleh; Shona Kirtley; Simone Bernardes; Solange Durão; Colby J Vorland; Júlia Lima; Fernanda Rebelo; Amanda C Cunha Figueiredo; Jenneffer Rayane Braga Tibaes; Marina Tavares; Jaqueline da Silva Fink; Taciana Maia de Sousa; Mae Chester-Jones; Dongquan Bi; Celeste Naude; Michael Schlussel

Audits 200 nutrition-related trial protocols and finds mean reporting completeness of 52.0% across combined SPIRIT and TIDieR assessment items.

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Research themes

Reporting transparencyNutrition & aging

nutrition · clinical-trials

Author affiliations & identifiers
  • Flávia Moraes Silva: Nutrition Department and Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Amanda Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye: Research Centre for Healthcare & Communities, Coventry University, Coventry, UK; Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR), Coventry University, UK.
  • Cintia Curioni: Department of Nutrition in Public Health, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Fabio Gomes: Pan-American Health Organisation, World Health Organisation, Washington DC, USA.
  • Gary S Collins: UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Gilberto Kac: Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory, Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Jonathan Cook: Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Leila Cheikh Ismail: Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, P. O. Box 27272 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Matthew J Page: Methods in Evidence Synthesis Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
  • Neha Khandpur: Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Washington University, Department of Nutrition, University of São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, USA.
  • Sarah Lamb: College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
  • Sally Hopewell: Oxford Clinical Trials Research Unit, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
  • Shaima Saleh: Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, College of Health Sciences, University of Sharjah, P. O. Box 27272 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  • Shona Kirtley: UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Simone Bernardes: Nutrition Department and Graduate Program of Nutrition Science, Federal University of Health Science of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
  • Solange Durão: Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa.
  • Colby J Vorland: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, USA.
  • Júlia Lima: Oracle Life Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil.
  • Fernanda Rebelo: Clinical Research Unit, National Institute of Women, Children and Adolescents Health Fernandes Figueira (IFF), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Amanda C Cunha Figueiredo: Nutritional Epidemiology Observatory, Department of Social and Applied Nutrition, Institute of Nutrition Josué de Castro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Health Science Center, Serra dos Órgãos University Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Jenneffer Rayane Braga Tibaes: Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Canada.
  • Marina Tavares: Department of Nutrition in Public Health, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Jaqueline da Silva Fink: Independent Researcher, Brazil.
  • Taciana Maia de Sousa: Department of Nutrition in Public Health, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Mae Chester-Jones: UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Dongquan Bi: UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Celeste Naude: Centre for Evidence-based Health Care, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Global Health. Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Michael Schlussel: UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. Electronic address: michael.schlussel@csm.ox.ac.uk.
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