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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2003, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (5): 591-575.

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Uniform requirements for reporting Meta-analysis of randomized con-trolled trials:the QUOROM statement

LIU Yu-Xiu, ZHANG Dan, SHENG Mei   

  1. Department of Information Technology,General Hospital of Nanjing Military CommandPLA,Nanjing 210002,Jiangsu,China
  • Received:2003-06-26 Revised:2003-07-07 Online:2003-10-26 Published:2020-11-19

Abstract: The QUOROM statement means a set of quality standards of Meta-analysis report.It comprises a checklist and a flowchart for reporting a Meta-analysis.They arePrimarily used in writing,reviewing or evaluat-ing reports of Meta-analysis for simple two-group,parallel RCTs.The statement is a continually-evolving document.A few international medical journals have endorsed the QUOROM statement and require authors submitting manu-scripts forPublication to include all the information on the checklist and flowchart of QUOROM statement.Based on introducing the background,processes of forming QUOROM statement and reviewing the contents and requirements of QUOROM,wePrepare thispaper,hoping to improve the quality of Meta-analysis report for random-ized controlled clinical trials in our country.Some com-ments and suggestions are given at the same time.

Key words: randomized controlled trial, Meta-anal-ysis, QUOROM statement, evidence-based medicine

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