Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
Authors should choose the appropriate reporting guidelines for preparing manuscripts in accordance with the specific study design and upload the necessary guideline-related documents along with the manuscript submission. Manuscripts with the incomplete checklist or documentations will be returned to the authors.
| Guideline | Type of Study | Source |
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STROBE |
Observational studies including cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies |
https://www.strobe-statement.org/index.php?id=available-checklists |
|
CONSORT |
Randomized controlled trials |
http://www.consort-statement.org |
|
SQUIRE |
Quality improvement projects |
http://squire-statement.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=471 |
|
PRISMA |
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses |
http://prisma-statement.org/PRISMAStatement/Checklist.aspx |
|
STARD |
Studies of diagnostic accuracy |
https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2015151516 |
|
CARE |
Case reports |
https://www.care-statement.org/checklist |
|
AGREE |
Clinical Practice Guidelines |
https://www.agreetrust.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/AGREE-Reporting-Checklist-2016.pdf |
The reporting guidelines for other types of studies can be found at https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/ .
Special Requirements for Preparing report of randomized controlled trials vased on the CONSORT guidelines
Reports of randomized clinical trials should present information on all major study elements, including the protocol, assignment of interventions (methods of randomization, concealment of allocation to treatment groups), and the method of masking (blinding), based on the CONSORT Statement (http://www.consort-statement.org).
Authors are required to use the downloadable Word document templates provided in the guideline to prepare manuscripts. The reporting guidelines checklist is provided in these templates which must be duly followed.
