Editoriales que presentan nuevas guías informar y publicar sobre investigaciones

Los editores de publicaciones desempeñan un papel importante al velar por la calidad de las publicaciones que difunden trabajos de investigación, lo cual incluye la integridad, transparencia y exactitud de los informes de las investigaciones. Las siguientes editoriales explican la importancia de las guías para informar y publicar sobre investigaciones y promueven su uso.

Guías para informar y publicar sobre investigaciones en general

• Tate R & Douglas J. Use of reporting guidelines in scientific writing: PRISMA, CONSORT, STROBE, STARD and other resources. Brain impairment. 2011; 12(1):1-21.

CONSORT: Ensayos controlados aleatorizados

• Betz CL. Adoption of CONSORT statements for randomized control trials published in the Journal of Pediatric Nursing. J Pediatr Nurs. 2011; 26(3):177-8. PMID: 21601140
• Williams HC. Cars, CONSORT 2010, and Clinical Practice. Trials 2010, 11:33 [texto completo]
• Bossuyt PM. Better standards for better reporting of RCTs. BMJ 2001; 322(7298):1317-1318. PMID: 11387164
• Foster RL. Reporting guidelines: CONSORT, PRISMA, and SQUIRE. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012; 17(1):1-2. PMID: 22188266
• Heddle NM, Ness P. Clinical research design and reporting: always room for improvement! Transfusion 2007; 47(1):2-3. PMID: 17207221
• Kaplan R, Trudeau K, Davidson K. Editorial: New policy on reports of randomized clinical trials. Annals of Behavioral Medicine 2004; 27(2):81. PMID: 15026291
• Levin A. Reporting standards and the transparency of trials. Ann Intern Med 2001; 134(2):169-172. PMID: 11177328
• Moss RL, Grosfeld JL. A new standard for reporting clinical research in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. J Pediatr Surg 2006; Journal-of-Pediatric-Surgery. 2006; 41:1-6.
• Oberg AL, Poland GA. The process of continuous journal improvement: new author guidelines for statistical and analytical reporting in VACCINE. Vaccine. 2012; 30(19):2915-7. PMID: 22482869
• Turpin DL. CONSORT and QUOROM guidelines for reporting randomized clinical trials and systematic reviews. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2005; 128(6):681-685. PMID: 16360902
• Uhlig, Menon, Schmid. Recommendations for Reporting of Clinical Research Studies. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2007; 49(1):3-7. PMID: 17185140

PRISMA: revisiones sistemáticas y metanálisis

• Foster RL. Reporting guidelines: CONSORT, PRISMA, and SQUIRE. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Jan;17(1):1-2. PMID: 22188266

STARD: estudios de precisión diagnóstica

• The PLOS Medicine Editors (2014) Observational Studies: Getting Clear about Transparency. PLoS Med 11(8): e1001711. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001711
• Knottnerus JA, Tugwell P. The standards for reporting of diagnostic accuracy. J Clin Epidemiol 2003; 56(11):1029. PMID: 14614992
• Rennie D. Improving Reports of Studies of Diagnostic Tests: The STARD Initiative. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association 2003; 289(1):89-90. PMID: 12503983
• Uhlig, Menon, Schmid. Recommendations for Reporting of Clinical Research Studies. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2007; 49(1):3-7. PMID: 17185140

REMARK: Estudios sobre pronósticos basados en marcadores tumorales

• Alonzo TA. Standards for reporting prognostic tumor marker studies. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23(36):9053-9054. PMID: 16301590

STROBE: Estudios de observación en epidemiología

• The PLOS Medicine Editors (2014) Observational Studies: Getting Clear about Transparency. PLoS Med 11(8): e1001711. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001711
• Oberg AL, Poland GA. The process of continuous journal improvement: new author guidelines for statistical and analytical reporting in VACCINE. Vaccine. 2012;30(19):2915-7. PMID: 22482869
• Uhlig, Menon, Schmid. Recommendations for Reporting of Clinical Research Studies. American Journal of Kidney Diseases 2007; 49(1):3-7. PMID: 17185140
• von Elm E, Egger M. The scandal of poor epidemiological research. BMJ 2004; 329(7471):868-869. PMID: 15485939

SQUIRE: Estudios de mejoramiento de calidad

• Foster RL. Reporting guidelines: CONSORT, PRISMA, and SQUIRE. J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Jan;17(1):1-2. PMID: 22188266

COREQ: Entrevistas y grupos de discusión en investigaciones cualitativas

• Dunt D, McKenzie R. Improving the quality of qualitative studies: do reporting guidelines have a place? Fam Pract. 2011;29(4):367-9. PMID: 22850798

RATS: Investigaciones cualitativas

• Dunt D, McKenzie R. Improving the quality of qualitative studies: do reporting guidelines have a place? Fam Pract. 2011;29(4):367-9. PMID: 22850798

Otros editoriales de interés relacionadas con los informes y publicaciones sobre investigaciones:

• Altman DG. Poor-quality medical research–What can journals do? Jama-Journal of the American Medical Association 2002; 287(21):2765-2767. PMID: 12038906
• Laine C, Goodman SN, Griswold ME, Sox HC. Reproducible research: moving toward research the public can really trust. Ann Intern Med 2007; 146(6):450-453. PMID: 17339612
• Laine C, Horton R, DeAngelis CD, Drazen JM, Frizelle FA, Godlee F, et al. Clinical Trial Registration: Looking Back and Moving Ahead. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):275-7. PMID: 17548404
• Morris C.The EQUATOR Network: promoting the transparent and accurate reporting of research. Dev Med Child Neurol 2008 Oct;50(10):723. PMID: 18834380
• Pandis N, Fedorowicz Z. The international EQUATOR network: enhancing the quality and transparency of health care research. J Appl Oral Sci. 2011; 19(5). PMID: 21986662
• Mäkelä M, Kaila M, Stein K. Mind sharpeners for scientists: the EQUATOR Network. Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2011; 27(2):99-100. PMID: 21429289
• Kac G, Hirst A. Enhanced quality and transparency of health research reporting can lead to improvements in public health policy decision-making: help from the EQUATOR Network. Cad Saude Publica. 2011;27(10):1872. PMID: 22031192
• Simera I, Reveiz L. [New alliance between the Panamerican Health Organization and the EQUATOR Network to improve writing and publication of articles on health outcomes research]. Med Clin (Barc). 2011;137(5):208-10. PMID: 21185037
• Moher D. Guidelines for reporting health care research: advancing the clarity and transparency of scientific reporting. Can J Anaesth 2009 Feb;56(2):96-101. PMID: 19247756