Reporting guidelines

CONSORT Statement

Consolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials

Schulz KF, Altman DG, Moher D, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Statement: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trials. BMJ 2010;340:c332 <http://www.consort-statement.org/index.aspx?o=3489>.

Moher D, Hopewell S, Schulz KF, Montori V, Gøtzsche PC, Devereaux PJ, Elbourne D, Egger M, Altman DG, for the CONSORT Group. CONSORT 2010 Explanation and Elaboration: updated guidelines for reporting parallel group randomised trial. BMJ 2010;340:c869 <http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/340/mar23_1/c869>.

CONSORT website: www.consort-statment.org

Extensions of the CONSORT Statement can be found at: http://www.consort-statement.org/extensions/

Translations of the CONSORT 2010 Statement are available in several languages on the CONSORT website at http://www.consort-statement.org/consort-statement/translations/

PRISMA Statement (formlery QUOROM)

Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Moher D, Liberati A, Tetzlaff J, Altman DG, The PRISMA Group (2009) Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: The PRISMA Statement. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000097. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000097

 Liberati A, Altman DG, Tetzlaff J, Mulrow C, Goetzsche PC, et al. (2009). The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration. PLoS Med 6(7): e1000100. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000100

Editorial concerning the PRISMA Statement [German]

 

STARD Statement

Standards for Reporting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy

 Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP, Irwig LM, Lijmer JG, Moher D, Rennie D, de Vet HCW, for the STARD group. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Family Practice 2004; 21: 4–10

 Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE Gatsonis PP, Glasziou PP, Irwig LM, Moher D, Rennie D, De Vet HC, Lijmer JG; Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. The STARD statement for reporting of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Clin Chem. 2003 Jan;49(1):7-18

 

MOOSE Statement

Stroup DF et al. Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology - A Proposal for Reporting (pdf) JAMA 2000. 283(15):2008-2012.

 

STARLITE Statement

Standards for Reporting Literature searches

 Booth A. "Brimful of STARLITE’’: toward standards for reporting literature searches. J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Oct; 94(4):421-429, e205. PMID: 17082834 (PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE)

 

STROBE Statement (Ergänzung: STREGA)

STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology

 von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, Gøtzsche PC, Vandenbroucke JP; STROBE Initiative.
The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE)statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies.J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Apr;61(4):344-9. PMID: 18313558

 Vandenbroucke JP, von Elm E, Altman DG, Gøtzsche PC, Mulrow CD, Pocock SJ,Poole C, Schlesselman JJ, Egger M; STROBE Initiative. Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE):explanation and elaboration. Epidemiology. 2007 Nov;18(6):805-35. PMID: 18049195

 von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, Gotzsche PC, Vandonbroucke JP für die STROBE-Initiative. Das Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE-) Statement. Leitlinien für das Berichten von Beobachtungsstudien. Internist 2008;49:688-693 (pdf, 213kb)

STREGA, a supplement to STROBE was published in February 2009:
Little J, Higgins JP, Ioannidis JP, Moher D, Gagnon F, et al. (2009) STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA)— An Extension of the STROBE Statement. PLoS Med 6(2): e1000022. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000022

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