The effect of the CONSORT statement on the amount of “unclear” Risk of Bias reporting in Cochrane Systematic Reviews

• Maaike M. Rademaker ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: m.m.rademaker-3@umcutrecht.nl

  Affiliations Division of Surgical Specialties, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4904-1394

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• Geerte G. J. Ramakers,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Surgical Specialties, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Adriana L. Smit,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Surgical Specialties, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Lotty Hooft,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cochrane Netherlands, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Inge Stegeman

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Division of Surgical Specialties, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, UMC Utrecht Brain Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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