Reporting guideline checklists are not quality evaluation forms: they are guidance for writing

Patricia Logullo¹, Angela MacCarthy¹, Shona Kirtley¹, Gary S Collins^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences University of Oxford Oxford UK.
² NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford UK.

Patricia Logullo et al. Health Sci Rep. 2020.

. 2020 May 3;3(2):e165.

doi: 10.1002/hsr2.165. eCollection 2020 Jun.

Patricia Logullo¹, Angela MacCarthy¹, Shona Kirtley¹, Gary S Collins^{1

2}

¹ UK EQUATOR Centre, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics & Musculoskeletal Sciences University of Oxford Oxford UK.
² NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre John Radcliffe Hospital Oxford UK.

No abstract available

Keywords: 4‐6; MesH.

Conflict of interest statement

Gary Collins is involved in the TRIPOD Statement.

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