Reporting guidelines and other EQUATOR resources

Iveta Simera

Reporting guidelines• ‘Reminders’ of scientific content

– Methodology

– Clinical / Research related focus

• Form:

– structured advice, often as a checklistperhaps also a flow diagram

• Most internationally accepted RGs

– Based on evidence– Consensus of relevant stakeholders (multidisciplinary

group)

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• This is where you are when you finish your research project

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How do you turn all this into a well reported

paper?

What to include?

If you are a diligent author – I to A

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Filling checklists for journals

• Quality assurance step

– review of completeness done by authors

Where to find reporting guidelinesand other resources

• Core RG

• Library

• Toolkits

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Use the best possible tools

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Basic decision tree

Help with selecting RG

Learn about reporting requirements early

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Design Conduct Publication

They help here

.. But you have to know them here