TY - JOUR AU - Steegmans, Pauline A. J. AU - Di Girolamo, Nicola AU - Meursinge Reynders, Reint A. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/12/19 TI - Spin in the reporting, interpretation, and extrapolation of adverse effects of orthodontic interventions: protocol for a cross-sectional study of systematic reviews JO - Research Integrity and Peer Review SP - 27 VL - 4 IS - 1 AB - Titles and abstracts are the most read sections of biomedical papers. It is therefore important that abstracts transparently report both the beneficial and adverse effects of health care interventions and do not mislead the reader. Misleading reporting, interpretation, or extrapolation of study results is called “spin”. In this study, we will assess whether adverse effects of orthodontic interventions were reported or considered in the abstracts of both Cochrane and non-Cochrane reviews and whether spin was identified and what type of spin. SN - 2058-8615 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s41073-019-0084-4 DO - 10.1186/s41073-019-0084-4 ID - Steegmans2019 ER -