Implementation of SAMPL Guidelines in 100 clinical medicine articles: enhancing statistical reporting and recommendations for biomedical journals.

IF 3.6 4区 医学 Q1 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL
Michal Ordak
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Abstract

Background: Contemporary observations indicate insufficient quality in the reporting of statistical data. Despite the publication of the SAMPL guidelines in 2015, they have not been widely adopted. The aim of this article is to highlight the incorporation of SAMPL Guidelines in the statistical reviews of articles related to clinical medicine, as well as the changes implemented by authors in revised manuscripts as a result of such guidance. An additional objective is to provide recommendations for biomedical journals regarding the necessity of integrating SAMPL Guidelines into their daily practices.

Methods: The study incorporated 100 selected statistical reviews of original clinical medicine articles from 8 biomedical journals, conducted between 2016 and 2023. Each of these reviews suggested specific SAMPL Guidelines to be implemented in the revised manuscript. It was evaluated which specific SAMPL Guidelines were most frequently enforced and what changes resulted from their implementation.

Results: Seventy-five percent of the manuscripts in question garnered acceptance following a solitary round of statistical evaluation. Among the most frequently recommended and subsequently implemented SAMPL Guidelines by the authors are a more thorough description of the purpose of the applied statistical tests (65%), indication of the practical significance of the obtained results, including calculation of relevant effect size measures (64%), analysis of assumptions necessary for the application of specific statistical tests (58%), and consideration of the impact of outlier values on the obtained results (34%).

Conclusion: To improve the quality of statistical reporting in biomedical journals, greater emphasis should be placed on implementing SAMPL Guidelines.

在 100 篇临床医学文章中实施《SAMPL 指南》:加强生物医学期刊的统计报告和建议。
背景:当代观察表明,统计数据的报告质量不够高。尽管 SAMPL 指南已于 2015 年发布,但尚未被广泛采用。本文旨在强调在临床医学相关文章的统计综述中采用 SAMPL 指南的情况,以及作者在该指南的指导下对稿件进行修改的情况。本文的另一个目的是就将 SAMPL 指南纳入日常实践的必要性向生物医学期刊提出建议:本研究选取了 2016 年至 2023 年间 8 种生物医学期刊的 100 篇原创临床医学文章进行统计综述。每篇评论都建议在修订稿件中实施具体的《SAMPL 指南》。研究评估了哪些具体的SAMPL指南最常被执行,以及执行这些指南带来了哪些变化:75%的稿件在经过单独一轮统计评估后获得了录用。作者最常推荐并随后执行的《SAMPL 指南》包括:更全面地描述应用统计检验的目的(65%);说明所得结果的实际意义,包括计算相关效应大小指标(64%);分析应用特定统计检验所需的假设(58%);考虑离群值对所得结果的影响(34%):为提高生物医学期刊统计报告的质量,应更加重视《SAMPL 指南》的实施。
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Clinical Medicine
Clinical Medicine 医学-医学:内科
CiteScore
7.20
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审稿时长
6-12 weeks
期刊介绍: Clinical Medicine is aimed at practising physicians in the UK and overseas and has relevance to all those managing or working within the healthcare sector. Available in print and online, the journal seeks to encourage high standards of medical care by promoting good clinical practice through original research, review and comment. The journal also includes a dedicated continuing medical education (CME) section in each issue. This presents the latest advances in a chosen specialty, with self-assessment questions at the end of each topic enabling CPD accreditation to be acquired. ISSN: 1470-2118 E-ISSN: 1473-4893 Frequency: 6 issues per year
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