Randomised Trials: CONSORT Extensions (CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials)
Aims to improve the reporting quality of randomized controlled trials by ensuring completeness and transparency.
CONSORT Checklist
Observational Studies: STROBE Extensions (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology)
Enhances the quality of reporting for cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies.
STROBE Checklist
Systematic Reviews: PRISMA Extensions (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses)
Guides the transparent and comprehensive reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
PRISMA Checklist
Study Protocols: SPIRIT PRISMA-P (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials)
Focuses on the content and transparency of clinical trial protocols to ensure quality reporting.
SPIRIT Checklist
Diagnostic/Prognostic Studies: STARD TRIPOD (Standards for Reporting Diagnostic accuracy studies / Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for individual prognosis or diagnosis)
Provides standards for reporting studies that evaluate the accuracy of diagnostic tests and prognostic models.
STARD Checklist
TRIPOD Checklist
Case Reports: CARE Extensions (CAse REport)
Establishes guidelines for reporting individual case reports to ensure essential information is included.
CARE Checklist
Clinical Practice Guidelines: AGREE RIGHT (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research & Evaluation / Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare)
Focuses on the development and reporting of clinical practice guidelines to ensure their methodological rigor.
AGREE Checklist
RIGHT Checklist
Qualitative Research: SRQR COREQ (Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research / Consolidated criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research)
Provides standards for reporting qualitative research, ensuring methodological transparency.
SRQR Checklist
COREQ Checklist
Animal Pre-Clinical Studies: ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments)
Guides researchers on the reporting of studies involving animal research to improve the quality and reproducibility of preclinical research.
ARRIVE Guidelines
Quality Improvement Studies: SQUIRE Extensions (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence)
Provides a framework for reporting quality improvement initiatives in healthcare.
SQUIRE Checklist
Economic Evaluations: CHEERS Extensions (Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards)
Offers guidance for reporting economic evaluations of healthcare interventions.
CHEERS Checklist