CARE 지침에 따른 모자보건과 기능영양학회지의 증례보고에 대한 질 평가연구

Assessment of the Quality of Reporting on Case Reports in the Journal of Maternal and Child Health Care & Functional Medicine and Nutrition Association Using CARE Guideline

Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the quality of case reports from the Maternal and Child Health Care & Functional Medicine and Nutrition Association in accordance with CARE (CAse REport) guidelines. Methods: Researchers selected case reports of Maternal and Child Health Care & Functional Medicine and Nutrition Association in the database of Google Scholar. The quality of selected reports was assessed based on CARE guidelines. Results: Total of 12 case reports were included in this study. Reporting rate of each sub-items was 92.59% at the maximum, 62.96% at the minimum, 77.42% at the median. ‘7 Time line’, ‘8b Diagnostic challenges’, ‘10c Intervention adherence and tolerability’, ‘10d Adverse and unanticipated events’, ‘12 Patient perspective or experience’, ‘13 Informed consent’ were missed in more than 50% of the reports. Conclusion: For improvement of the quality of case reports, it is necessary to evaluate case reports from the Maternal and Child Health Care & Functional Medicine and Nutrition Association in adherence to CARE guidelines.