Susan C Slade1, Susanne Finnegan2, Clermont E Dionne3, Martin Underwood2, Rachelle Buchbinder4. 1. La Trobe Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine Research, School of Allied Health/College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Physiotherapy, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: s.slade2@latrobe.edu.au. 2. Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK. 3. Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Québec, Quebec, Canada. 4. Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine inter-rater agreement and utility of the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) for evaluating reporting of musculoskeletal exercise trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Two independent reviewers applied the CERT to a random sample of 20 exercise trials published 2010 to 2015 identified from searches of PEDro, CENTRAL, and PubMed. Reviewers recorded whether each item criterion was met and detailed missing data, and appraisal time percent agreement and the Prevalence and Bias Adjusted Kappa (PABAK) statistic were used to measure inter-rater agreement. RESULTS: The trials included a range of musculoskeletal conditions (back/neck pain, hip/knee osteoarthritis, tendinopathies). For percent agreement, inter-rater agreement was high (13 items ≥80%) and for PABAK substantial (nine items: 0.61-0.80) and excellent (three items: 0.81-1.0). Agreement was lower for starting level decision rule (percent agreement: 55%, PABAK 0.30); tailoring of exercise (%A: 65%, PABAK 0.40 [95% CI: 0.00 to 0.80]); exercise equipment (percent agreement: 70%, PABAK 0.30); and motivation strategies (percent agreement: 70%, PABAK 0.40). Sixty percent of descriptions were missing information for ≥50% of CERT items. Mean appraisal time was 30 minutes, and the majority of interventions required access to other published papers. CONCLUSIONS: The CERT has good inter-rater agreement and can comprehensively evaluate reporting of exercise interventions. Most trials do not adequately report intervention details, and information can be difficult to obtain. Incomplete reporting of effective exercise programs may be remedied by using the CERT when constructing, submitting, reviewing, and publishing articles. Crown
OBJECTIVE: To determine inter-rater agreement and utility of the Consensus on Exercise Reporting Template (CERT) for evaluating reporting of musculoskeletal exercise trials. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Two independent reviewers applied the CERT to a random sample of 20 exercise trials published 2010 to 2015 identified from searches of PEDro, CENTRAL, and PubMed. Reviewers recorded whether each item criterion was met and detailed missing data, and appraisal time percent agreement and the Prevalence and Bias Adjusted Kappa (PABAK) statistic were used to measure inter-rater agreement. RESULTS: The trials included a range of musculoskeletal conditions (back/neck pain, hip/knee osteoarthritis, tendinopathies). For percent agreement, inter-rater agreement was high (13 items ≥80%) and for PABAK substantial (nine items: 0.61-0.80) and excellent (three items: 0.81-1.0). Agreement was lower for starting level decision rule (percent agreement: 55%, PABAK 0.30); tailoring of exercise (%A: 65%, PABAK 0.40 [95% CI: 0.00 to 0.80]); exercise equipment (percent agreement: 70%, PABAK 0.30); and motivation strategies (percent agreement: 70%, PABAK 0.40). Sixty percent of descriptions were missing information for ≥50% of CERT items. Mean appraisal time was 30 minutes, and the majority of interventions required access to other published papers. CONCLUSIONS: The CERT has good inter-rater agreement and can comprehensively evaluate reporting of exercise interventions. Most trials do not adequately report intervention details, and information can be difficult to obtain. Incomplete reporting of effective exercise programs may be remedied by using the CERT when constructing, submitting, reviewing, and publishing articles. Crown
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