Assessing Markers of Reproducibility and Transparency in Smoking Behaviour Change Intervention Evaluations

作者：Emma Norris, Yiwei He, Rachel Loh, Robert West, Susan Michie, Kenneth D. Ward · 发表于：The Journal of Smoking Cessation · 年份：2021 · DOI：10.1155/2021/6694386 · 被引用次数：19 · 研究领域：Meta-analysis and systematic reviews、Smoking Behavior and Cessation、Health Policy Implementation Science

INTRODUCTION: Activities promoting research reproducibility and transparency are crucial for generating trustworthy evidence. Evaluation of smoking interventions is one area where vested interests may motivate reduced reproducibility and transparency. AIMS: Assess markers of transparency and reproducibility in smoking behaviour change intervention evaluation reports. METHODS: One hundred evaluation reports of smoking behaviour change intervention randomised controlled trials published in 2018-2019 were identified. Reproducibility markers of pre-registration; protocol sharing; data, material, and analysis script sharing; replication of a previous study; and open access publication were coded in identified reports. Transparency markers of funding and conflict of interest declarations were also coded. Coding was performed by two researchers, with inter-rater reliability calculated using Krippendorff's alpha. RESULTS: Seventy-one percent of reports were open access, and 73% were pre-registered. However, there are only 13% provided accessible materials, 7% accessible data, and 1% accessible analysis scripts. No reports were replication studies. Ninety-four percent of reports provided a funding source statement, and eighty-eight percent of reports provided a conflict of interest statement. CONCLUSIONS: Open data, materials, analysis, and replications are rare in smoking behaviour change interventions, whereas funding source and conflict of interest declarations are common. Future s...