Citation

McClure RJ. Inj. Prev. 2019; 25(3): 145.

Affiliation

School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia rmcclure@une.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043253

PMID

30992332

Abstract

Results from randomised controlled trials make an important contribution to improvements in injury-related health. However, publication of findings from randomised controlled trials remains a rarity in the injury prevention literature.

Increasing the quantity of randomised controlled trials research need not reduce other types of injury prevention research activity. Highlighting the importance of publishing trials does not devalue the contribution of other designs. The paucity of trial evidence in injury prevention poses a risk to the advancement of the field. We need more randomised controlled trials in injury prevention...

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