Aim

To present the necessary details for correct interpretation of the published results.

Description
For each type of study it is strongly advised to follow the international standards or statements. There are statement for RCT’s, meta-analyses, diagnostic and observational studies:

CONSORT (link to www.consort-statement.org)
The CONSORT statement is intended to improve the reporting of RCT’s, to enable readers to understand the trial design and correctly interpret the results.

PRISMA
Prisma stands for Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses. It is an evidence-based minimum set of items for reporting in systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The aim of the PRISMA Statement is to help authors improve the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses. http://www.prisma-statement.org/

QUOROM
The QUOROM (Quality Of Reporting Of Meta-analysis) statement is specifically intended for the reporting of meta-analyses of RCT’s.

STARD (link to http://www.consort-statement.org/stardstatement.htm)
The STARD statement is specifically intended for the accurate reporting of diagnostic studies.

MOOSE
The MOOSE (Meta-analysis of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) statement is intended for the reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies.

STROBE statement
The STROBE statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology is a good checklist for preparing a publication of an observational study. The statement has been developed for cohort, case-control and cross-sectional study designs. Anybody using this type of design is advised to employ the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist: Guidelines for reporting observational studies. The lancet, vol 370, Oct 20, 2004, p. 1453-1457. The explanation of the checklist items are described in a separate publication: Stobe explanation and elaboration. See also www.strobe-statement.org

COREQ
Consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (COREQ): a 32-item checklist for interviews and focus groups. International Journal for Quality in Health Care; Volume 19, Number 6: pp. 349–357 2007

TREND statement  
The TREND statement, Transparent Reporting  of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs,is intended for the reporting of theories used and descriptions of intervention and comparison conditions, research design, and methods of adjusting for possible biases in evaluation studies that use nonrandomized designs. (Am J Public Health. 2004;94:361–366

In addition to these statements based on research designs there are also statements developed for research in a specific field:

APA-statement
The APA statement of the American Psychological Association includes a) standards for all journal articles, b) more specific standards for reports of studies with experimental manipulations or evaluations of interventions using research designs involving random or non-random assignment and c) standards for articles reporting meta-analyses.
American Psychologist 2008:63:839-51.

AERA-statement
The AERA statement of the American Educational Research Association provides guidelines for reporting on empirical social science research in AERA publications. These guidelines apply to reports of education research grounded in the empirical traditions of social sciences. They cover, but are not limited to, qualitative and quantitative methods. Educational Researcher 2006;35:33-40.

GRISP
A checklist of 25 items recommended for strengthening the reporting of Genetic Risk Prediction Studies (GRIPS)
Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic RIsk Prediction Studies: The GRIPS Statement
Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic RIsk Prediction Studies (GRIPS): Explanation and Elaboration

 

V1.4: 1 Dec 2011: Addition of COREQ and GRIPS
V1.3: 14 Feb 2011: Addition of the Prisma statement.
V1.2: 11 Oct 2010: Addition of statements: Trend, APA and AERA
V1.1: 1 Jan 2010: English translation and separation statements from graphs and tables
V1.0: 31 Jan 2008: Addition of the Strobe statement for observational studies