Background
Professional medical writing system (PMWS) comprises of skilled writers with scientific knowledge, who can improve the standards of a clinical trial report. PMWS positively improve the quality of a clinical trial report and the timeline of the publication.
The authors worldwide prefer skilled medical writers to prepare clinical report. Medical Writer is an expert in developing an effective document that clearly defines research results and product usage.
A study was conducted recently to evaluate the connection between the PMWS and the quality, ethics, and the timeliness of publication reporting clinical researches.
Methodology
A systemic literature review was done to identify published studies regarding medical writing. The search strategy included several terms related to medical writing and communication. Additionally, the search strategy also included terms, such as observational, cross-sectional or epidemiological studies, without any limits on a date, language or country.
Abstract, posters from meetings of the International society for medical publications professional and the bibliographies of studies noticed in the electronic searches were also reviewed to determine additional relevant references.
As per the 2009 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines the identified studies were screened against inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Overall, 97 relevant studies were identified after excluding 89 studies during screening and full paper review. In the remaining eight studies, a comparison was made between 849 publications with PMWS and 2073 articles without PMWS. Increased compliance to the Consolidated Standards of Reporting
Trials (CONSORT) guidelines, publication in journals with an impact factor, excellent quality of language, and a very less reporting of non-pre-specified outcomes was seen in the articles developed with PMWS.
The study concluded that the clinical and academic professionals seek the support of PMWS to ensure the ethics, accuracy, and timely publication of the clinical studies.
Reference:Evuarherhe O, Gattrell W, White R, Winchester CC. Professional medical writing support and the quality, ethics and timeliness of clinical trial reporting: a systematic review. Res Integr Peer Rev. 2019 Jul 10;4:14.