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Guidance for reporting observational studies
Shortcuts:
- Observational studies in epidemiology
- Infection control intervention studies
- Longitudinal studies in rheumatology
- Case series
- Case-control studies
- Case reports
- Tumour marker prognostic studies
- Genetic studies
- Surveys
- Self-reports
| Reporting guidance provided for: | Name & website (where available) | References including PMID |
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| Observational studies in epidemiology |
von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, Gotzsche PC, Vandenbroucke JP. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. |
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The STROBE Statement has been extended to cover genetic association studies: | |
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STREGA Genetic association studies |
Little J, Higgins JP, Ioannidis JP, Moher D, Gagnon F, von Elm E, et al. STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Association Studies (STREGA): An Extension of the STROBE Statement. PLoS Med 2009;6(2):e22. PMID: 19192942 Hum Genet 2009; 125(2):131-151. PMID: 19184668 Eur J Epidemiol 2009;24(1):37-55. PMID: 19189221 Ann Intern Med 2009;150(3):206-215. PMID: 19189911 J Clin Epidemiol 2009;62(6):597-608.e4. PMID: 19217256 Genet Epidemiol 2009;33(7):581-598. PMID: 19278015 Eur J Clin Invest 2009;39(4):247-266. PMID: 19297801 |
| Infection control intervention studies |
ORION |
Stone SP, Cooper BS, Kibbler CC, Cookson BD, Roberts JA, Medley GF, Duckworth G, Lai R, Ebrahim S, Brown EM, Wiffen PJ, Davey PG. The ORION statement: guidelines for transparent reporting of Outbreak Reports and Intervention studies Of Nosocomial infection. |
| Longitudinal observational studies in rheumatology | Wolfe F, Lassere M, van der HD, Stucki G, Suarez-Almazor M, Pincus T, Eberhardt K, Kvien TK, Symmons D, Silman A, van Riel P, Tugwell P, Boers M. Preliminary core set of domains and reporting requirements for longitudinal observational studies in rheumatology. J Rheumatol 1999; 26(2):484-489. PMID: 9972992 |
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| Case series | Jabs DA. Improving the Reporting of Clinical Case Series. American Journal of Ophthalmology 2005; 139(5):900-905. PMID: 15860297 |
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| Case series - acupuncture (conduct, reporting) | White A. Conducting and reporting case series and audits--author guidelines for acupuncture in medicine. Acupunct Med 2005; 23(4):181-187. PMID: 16430126 |
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| Case-control studies (participation) | Olson SH, Voigt LF, Begg CB, Weiss NS. Reporting participation in case-control studies. Epidemiology 2002; 13(2):123-126. PMID: 11880750 |
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| Case reports | Sorinola O, Olufowobi O, Coomarasamy A, Khan KS. Instructions to authors for case reporting are limited: a review of a core journal list. BMC Med Educ 2004; 4:4. PMID: 15043755 |
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Case reports |
Cases Journal | No published guideline available - journal's instructions. |
| Case reports |
BMJ guidance | No published guideline available - journal's instructions. |
| Adverse event reports | Kelly WN, Arellano FM, Barnes J, Bergman U, Edwards RI, Fernandez AM,
et al. Guidelines for submitting adverse event reports for publication.
Drug Saf 2007;30(5):367-73. PMID: 17472416 |
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| Tumour marker prognostic studies | REMARK | McShane LM, Altman DG, Sauerbrei W, Taube SE, Gion M, Clark GM. REporting recommendations for tumour MARKer prognostic studies (REMARK). Br J Cancer 2005; 93(4):387-391. PMID: 16106245 |
| Prognostic studies with missing covariate data | Burton A, Altman DG. Missing covariate data within cancer prognostic studies: a review of current reporting and proposed guidelines. Br J Cancer 2004; 91(1):4-8. PMID: 15188004 |
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| Genetic results in research studies | Bookman E, Langehorne A, Eckfeldt J, Glass K, Jarvik G, Klag M, Koski G, Motulsky A, Wilfond B, Manolio T, Fabsitz R, Luepker R, V. Reporting genetic results in research studies: summary and recommendations of an NHLBI working group. American journal of medical genetics Part A 2006; 140(10):1033-1040. PMID: 16575896 |
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| Survey research (conduct, reporting) |
Kelley K, Clark B, Brown V, Sitzia J. Good practice in the conduct and reporting of survey research. Int J Qual Health Care 2003; 15(3):261-266. PMID: 12803354 |
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| Burns KE, Duffett M, Kho ME, Meade MO, Adhikari NK, Sinuff T, et al. A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians. CMAJ 2008 Jul 29;179(3):245-52. PMID: 18663204 |
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Quality of medicine surveys
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Newton PN, Lee SJ, Goodman C, Fernandez FM, Yeung S, Phanouvong S, et al. Guidelines for field surveys of the quality of medicines: a proposal. PLoS Med 2009 Mar 24;6(3):e52. PMID: 19320538 |
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| Internet e-surveys | Eysenbach G. Improving the quality of Web surveys: the Checklist for Reporting Results of Internet E-Surveys (CHERRIES). J Med Internet Res 2004; 6(3):e34. PMID: 15471760 |
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| Momentary self-report data | Stone AA, Shiffman S. Capturing momentary, self-report data: a proposal for reporting guidelines. Ann Behav Med 2002; 24(3):236-243. PMID: 12173681 |
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