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Type:	Artigo de Periódico
Title:	Are plain-language summaries included in published reports of evidence about physiotherapy interventions? analysis of 4421 randomised trials, systematic reviews and guidelines on the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)
Authors:	Flávia Alves de Carvalho Mark Elkins Marcia Rodrigues Costa Franco Rafael Zambelli de Almeida Pinto
Abstract:	Background: A plain-language summary is a short and clearly stated version of a study’s results using non-scientific vocabulary that provide many advantages for patients and clinicians in the process of shared decision-making. Objectives: The primary objective was to investigate the extent to which published reports of physiotherapy interventions provide plain-language summaries. We investigate as the secondary objectives if the available plain-language summaries are at a suitable reading level for a lay person and if inclusion of plain-language summaries in these reports is increasing over time and is associated with trial quality (i.e. PEDro score). Data sources: All 4421 randomised controlled trials (RCT), systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines that included plain-language summaries indexed on Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) were included. Main outcome measures: Proportion of published reports with plain-language summaries, Flesch Reading Ease Score (FRES) and the Flesch–Kincaid Grade Level (FKGL). Results: The number of published reports with a plain-language summary doubled in the last 6 years. From a total of 34,444 reports indexed on PEDro, only 4421 reports had English plain-language summaries. RCTs with plain-language summaries had higher PEDro scores than RCTs without plain-language summaries (mean difference = 0.8 points, 95%CI 0.7 to 0.8). Only 2% of reports were considered at a suitable reading level by the FKGL formula and 0.1% by the FRES formula. Conclusions: Although the publication of plain-language summaries is increasing over time, the current number corresponds to only 13% of all published reports. In addition the majority of plain-language summaries are written at an advanced reading level.
Subject:	Relatórios Resumos Fisioterapia Medicina baseada em evidências Informação de saúde ao consumidor Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro)
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIA
Rights:	Acesso Restrito
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physio.2018.11.003
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/43236
Issue Date:	Sep-2019
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031940618303444?via%3Dihub#!
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Physiotherapy
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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