Abstract
To instill quality in published clinical research, reporting guidelines, consisting
of checklists and flowcharts, were developed to protect against reporting poorly designed
research, and researchers should be aware of the available instruments and their appropriate
use. With the popularity of synthetic reviews, meta-analyses, and systematic reviews,
there is a greater need to assess risk of bias and study quality. This review highlights
the most frequently used guidelines and checklists, risk-of-bias scales, and quality
rating scales that can assist researchers with improving their research and its eventual
publication.
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Altman DG, I. Simera I. Using reporting guidelines effectively to ensure good reporting of health research [Chapter 4]. In: Moher D, Altman DG, Schulz KF, Simera I, Wager E, eds. Guidelines for reporting health research: A user's manual. Ed 1. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Ltd.; 2014.
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Publication history
Published online: March 10, 2020
Accepted:
February 28,
2020
Received:
August 22,
2019
Footnotes
The authors report the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: J.B. receives personal fees from the Arthroscopy Association of North America for Arthroscopy, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
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