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SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence): revised publication guidelines from a detailed consensus process
| Reporting guideline provided for? (i.e. exactly what the authors state in the paper) |
Quality improvement in health care SQUIRE 2.0 checklist (PDF) - 2015 update |
| Full bibliographic reference | Ogrinc G, Davies L, Goodman D, Batalden P, Davidoff F, Stevens D. SQUIRE 2.0 (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence): revised publication guidelines from a detailed consensus process. This guideline was published simultaneously in 7 journals. You can read the guideline in any of these journals using the links below. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015. PMID: 26369893 J Nurs Care Qual. 2015. PMID: 26429125 Am J Crit Care. 2015. PMID: 26523003 Perm J. 2015. PMID: 26517437 J Surg Res. 2015. PMID: 26515734 J Contin Educ Nurs. 2015. PMID: 26509402 J Am Coll Surg. 2016;222(3):317-323. PMID: 26385723 |
| Language | English |
| Relevant URLs (full-text if available) |
The full-text of the SQUIRE 2.0 update, published in 2015, is available from: SQUIRE 2.0 |
| Explanation and elaboration papers | Goodman D, Ogrinc G, Davies L, Baker GR, Barnsteiner J, Foster TC, Gali K, Hilden J, Horwitz L, Kaplan HC, Leis J, Matulis JC, Michie S, Miltner R, Neily J, Nelson WA, Niedner M, Oliver B, Rutman L, Thomson R, Thor J. Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence) Guidelines, V.2.0: examples of SQUIRE elements in the healthcare improvement literature. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016;25(12):e7. PMID: 27076505 |
| Availability in additional languages | The SQUIRE 2.0 guideline is available in Italian. |
| Relevant more generic / specialised reporting guidelines (i.e. main generic guideline or extension to a generic guideline) |
Specialised SQUIRE-EDU: Ogrinc G, Armstrong GE, Dolansky MA, Singh MK, Davies L. SQUIRE-EDU (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence in Education): Publication Guidelines for Educational Improvement. Acad Med. 2019 Oct;94(10):1461-1470. PMID: 30998575 |
| Reporting guideline website URL | http://www.squire-statement.org/ |
| Reporting guideline acronym | SQUIRE 2.0 |
| Study design | Quality improvement studies |
| Applies to the whole report or to individual sections of the report? | Whole report |
| Previous versions of this guideline / Guideline history | SQUIRE 1.0 The SQUIRE reporting guideline was originally published in 2008. Davidoff F, Batalden P, Stevens D, Ogrinc G, Mooney S. Publication guidelines for quality improvement in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17 Suppl 1:i3-i9. PMID: 18836063 BMJ. 2009; 338:a3152. PMID: 19153129 Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34(11):681-687. PMID: 19025090 Ann Intern Med. 2008;149(9):670-676. PMID: 18981488 J Gen Intern Med. 2008;23(12):2125-2130. PMID: 18830766 Ogrinc G, Mooney SE, Estrada C, Foster T, Goldmann D, Hall LW, Huizinga MM, Liu SK, Mills P, Neily J, Nelson W, Pronovost PJ, Provost L, Rubenstein LV, Speroff T, Splaine M, Thomson R, Tomolo AM, Watts B. The SQUIRE (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines for quality improvement reporting: explanation and elaboration. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17 Suppl 1:i13-32. PMID: 18836062 |
| Other | An online fillable SQUIRE checklist is also available via the GoodReports website at https://www.goodreports.org/reporting-checklists/squire/. |
| Record last updated on | May 3, 2024 |