Characteristics and report quality of palliative care studies registered in ChiCTR
CHEN Qiong
SHAO Qingqing
LI Yaqin
ZHU Ruifang
Abstract：Objective:To analyze the characteristics and report quality of hospice care studies registered in ChiCTR.Methods:The clinical trials related to hospice care registered in ChiCTR were searched from the establishment of the database to January 13,2024.Two researchers independently screened studies and extracted relevant information,and the completeness of each study's registration information was evaluated using the 20 minimum requirements for clinical trial registration of the World Health Organization International Clinical Trials Registry Platform.Results:A total of 59 studies were included,the earliest registration time was 2016,and the number of registrations was generally on the rise over time.Beijing and Sichuan had relatively more registered studies,10(16.95%)and 7(11.86%),respectively.Among the 59 palliative care studies,15 studies(25.42%)were multicenter studies,and 57 studies(96.61%)obtained ethical approval.According to the validity of registration information,the registration completeness of each item was calculated.The results showed that the unique trial registration number(ID),trial registration date,main sponsor,secondary sponsor,public contact person,scientific contact person,public topic,and formal scientific topic of the 59 hospice care studies were all 100.00%.All studies indicated the funding situation,and most of them were provincial funding(15 items,25.42%).The completeness of intervention measures and control measures was 10.17%(6 items)and 6.78%(4 items),respectively.All 59 studies described the type of study and the method of randomization,but only 29(49.15%)studies described the implementation of blinding.All 59 studies reported the primary outcome,and 40 studies(67.80%)reported the secondary outcomes.The perfection of the outcome measures/measurement methods and the time point of main concern was≤50.00%.Conclusions:The number of hospice care research registered in ChiCTR is generally increasing,but the overall number is still small.There are relatively many studies registered in Beijing,Sichuan and other places,and multi-center research and ethical review still need to be further improved.Hospice research reports registered in ChiCTR are not standardized and complete,and should be further improved in the future to improve the quality of reports.
Keywords：palliative careChiCTRregistrationquality of reportingnursing
Publication Date：2024-07-10
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：8( 2288-2295 )