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Review
. 2016 Mar 22:2016:1346026.
doi: 10.1155/2016/1346026. eCollection 2016.

Guidelines for Reporting Medical Research: A Critical Appraisal

Mathilde Johansen  1 , Simon Francis Thomsen  1
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Review

Guidelines for Reporting Medical Research: A Critical Appraisal

Mathilde Johansen et al. Int Sch Res Notices. .

Abstract

As a response to a low quality of reporting of medical research, guidelines for several different types of study design have been developed to secure accurate reporting and transparency for reviewers and readers from the scientific community. Herein, we review and discuss the six most widely accepted and used guidelines: PRISMA, CONSORT, STROBE, MOOSE, STARD, and SPIRIT. It is concluded that the implementation of these guidelines has led to only a moderate improvement in the quality of the reporting of medical research. There is still much work to be done to achieve accurate and transparent reporting of medical research findings.

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