Critical analysis of the reporting quality of animal studies within endodontics using the preferred reporting Items for animal studies in endodontics (PRIASE) 2021 quality standard checklist

Tzanetakis, Giorgos, Jakovljevic, Aleksandar, Koletsi, Despina, Jacimovic, Jelena, Nagendrababu, Venkateshbabu, Duncan, Henry Fergus and Dummer, Paul M.H. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0726-7467 2023. Critical analysis of the reporting quality of animal studies within endodontics using the preferred reporting Items for animal studies in endodontics (PRIASE) 2021 quality standard checklist. International Endontic Journal 56 (9) , pp. 1042-1062. 10.1111/iej.13944 Item availability restricted.

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Abstract

Aim To critically evaluate the reporting quality of a random sample of animal studies within the field of endodontics against the Preferred Reporting Items for Animal Studies in Endodontics (PRIASE) 2021 checklist and to investigate the association between the quality of reporting and several characteristics of the selected studies. Methodology Fifty animal studies related to endodontics were randomly selected from the PubMed database with publication dates from January 2017 to December 2021. For each study, a score of ‘1’ was given when the item of the PRIASE 2021 checklist was fully reported, whereas a score of ‘0’ was given when an item was not reported; when the item was inadequately or partially reported, a score of ‘0.5’ was given. Based on the overall scores allocated to each manuscript, they were allocated into three categories of reporting quality: low, moderate and high. Associations between study characteristics and reporting quality scores were also analysed. Descriptive statistics and Fisher's exact tests were used to describe the data and determine associations. The probability value of .05 was selected as the level of statistical significance. Results Based on the overall scores, four (8%) and 46 (92%) of the animal studies evaluated were categorized as ‘High’ and ‘Moderate’ reporting quality, respectively. A number of items were adequately reported in all studies related to background (Item 4a), relevance of methods/results (7a) and interpretation of images (11e), whereas only one item related to changes in protocol (6d) was not reported in any. No associations were confirmed between reporting quality scores and number of authors, origin of the corresponding author, journal of publication (endodontic specialty vs. non- specialty), impact factor or year of publication. Conclusions Animal studies published in the specialty of endodontics were mostly of ‘moderate’ quality in terms of the quality of reporting. Adherence to the PRIASE 2021 guidelines will enhance the reporting of animal studies in the expectation that all future publications will be high quality.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Dentistry
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	0143-2885
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 July 2023
Date of Acceptance:	7 June 2023
Last Modified:	13 Nov 2023 04:06
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/161079

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