EQUATOR News
18/03/2015 DIET@NET partnership on a quest to improve the quality and comparability of dietary data in epidemiological and clinical studiesDIET@NET (DIETary Assessment Tool NETwork) is seeking expert consensus on the quality standards for the design, measurement and analysis of research studies involving dietary intake
18/03/2015 Fit for purpose? The case for structured reporting of methods and results in research articlesWe need to consider a new format for publishing research results EQUATOR’s own Doug Altman in an editorial for the journal Trials highlights the continuing problem that many trial reports don’t contain enough information about the methods to allow others […]
23/01/2015 Editorial: Stronger post-publication culture is needed for better scienceHilda Bastian, Scientist and Editor, National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, US, discusses the many different ways to respond to published research and
09/01/2015 Pioneers of transparency in health researchThe BMJ has published a feature highlighting the key people involved in helping to bring about increased transparency
08/01/2015 What trials are really supposed to be – a succinct reminder from J. IoannidisIn his recent editorial for the BMJ John Ioannidis writes: “Trials should be properly randomized (currently more than half are not randomized at all) and use optimal study designs. They should ask key questions that matter to patients and the […]
07/01/2015 Guidelines for reporting multivariable prediction models for individual prognosis or diagnosis (TRIPOD) publishedThe TRIPOD (Transparent reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis) Statement provides recommendations for the reporting of studies developing, validating, or updating a prediction model study
07/01/2015 PRISMA-P Statement for protocols publishedPRISMA-P an extension to the PRISMA Statement specifically for systematic review and meta-analysis protocols has recently been published in the journal Systematic Reviews.
19/12/2014 EQUATOR Network Newsletter December 2014The December 2014 issue of our newsletter is now available. Contents include
18/12/2014 Top websites sending users to EQUATOR resourcesUsing Google Analytics we have identified the top websites that sent most users to EQUATOR website resources in 2014
18/12/2014 Resource tiered reviews – a provisional reporting checklistThe African Journal of Emergency Medicine recently published an editorial proposing the introduction, to reports of systematic reviews, of different levels of best evidence specifically for resource-restricted settings