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	CONSORT Statement
	QUOROM Statement
	MOOSE Statement
	STARD Initiative
	STROBE Statement
	TREND Statement
	ASSERT Statement

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• Published Statement
  • Altman DG, Schulz KF, Moher D, et al; CONSORT Group (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials). The revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomized trials: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med 2001;134:663-94
  • Moher D, Schulz KF, Altman DG; CONSORT Group (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials). The CONSORT statement: revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials. Ann Intern Med 2001;134:657-62.
  • Begg C, Cho M, Eastwood S, et al. Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement JAMA 1996;276:637-9.
• Extensions of CONSORT Statement
  • Piaggio G, Elbourne DR, Altman DG, et al; CONSORT Group. Reporting of noninferiority and equivalence randomized trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement. JAMA 2006;295:1152-60.
  • Gagnier JJ, Boon H, Rochon P, et al; CONSORT Group. Reporting randomized, controlled trials of herbal interventions: an elaborated CONSORT statement. Ann Intern Med 2006;144:364-7. 
  • Ioannidis JP, Evans SJ, Gotzsche PC, et al; CONSORT Group. Better reporting of harms in randomized trials: an extension of the CONSORT statement. Ann Intern Med 2004;141:781-8.
  • Campbell MK, Elbourne DR, Altman DG; CONSORT group. CONSORT statement: extension to cluster randomised trials. BMJ 2004;328:702-8.
• CONSORT Statement implementation
  • Kane RL, Wang J, Garrard J. Reporting in randomized clinical trials improved after adoption of the CONSORT statement. J Clin Epidemiol 2007;60:241-9.
  • Plint AC, Moher D, Morrison A, et al. Does the CONSORT checklist improve the quality of reports of randomised controlled trials? A systematic review. Med J Aust 2006;185:263-7.
  • Altman DG. Endorsement of the CONSORT statement by high impact medical journals: survey of instructions for authors. BMJ 2005;330:1056-7.
  • Moher D, Jones A, Lepage L; CONSORT Group. Use of the CONSORT statement and quality of reports of randomized trials: a comparative before-and-after evaluation. JAMA 2001;285:1992-5.
    • Rennie D. CONSORT revised--improving the reporting of randomized trials. JAMA 2001;285:2006-7. 
  • Egger M, Juni P, Bartlett C; CONSORT Group. Value of flow diagrams in reports of randomized controlled trials. JAMA 2001;285:1996-9.
• Comments
  • Moher D, Altman DG, Schulz KF, et al. Opportunities and challenges for improving the quality of reporting clinical research: CONSORT and beyond. CMAJ 2004;171:349-50.
  • Campbell MJ. Extending CONSORT to include cluster trials. BMJ 2004;328:654-5.
  • Shapiro S. The revised CONSORT statement: honing the cutting edge of the randomized controlled trial. CMAJ 2001;164:1157-8.
  • Moher D. CONSORT: an evolving tool to help improve the quality of reports of randomized controlled trials. Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. JAMA 1998;279:1489-91.
  • Meinert CL. Beyond CONSORT: need for improved reporting standards for clinical trials. Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. JAMA 1998;279:1487-9.
  • Freemantle N, Mason JM, Haines A, et al. CONSORT: an important step toward evidence-based health care. Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials. Ann Intern Med 1997;126:81-3.
  • Huston P, Hoey J. CMAJ endorses the CONSORT statement. CONsolidation of Standards for Reporting Trials. CMAJ 1996;155:1277-82.
  • Altman DG. Better reporting of randomised controlled trials: the CONSORT statement. BMJ 1996;313:570-1
  • Schulz KF. Randomised trials, human nature, and reporting guidelines. Lancet 1996;348:596-98.
  • Rennie D. How to Report Randomized Controlled Trials. The CONSORT Statement. JAMA 1996;276:64

QUOROM Statement (QUality Of Reporting Of Meta-analyses)

• Published Statement

  • Moher D, Cook DJ, Eastwood S, Olkin I, Rennie D, Stroup DF. Improving the quality of reports of meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials: the QUOROM statement. Quality of Reporting of Meta-analyses. Lancet 1999;354:1896-900

• QUOROM Statement Implementations

  • Biondi-Zoccai GG, Lotrionte M, Abbate A, et al. Compliance with QUOROM and quality of reporting of overlapping meta-analyses on the role of acetylcysteine in the prevention of contrast associated nephropathy: case study. BMJ 2006;332:202-9.

• Comments

  • Walker A. Meta-style and expert review. Lancet 1999;354:1834-5

MOOSE Statement (Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology)

• Published Statement

  • Stroup DF, Berlin JA, Morton SC, et al. Meta-analysis of observational studies in epidemiology: a proposal for reporting. Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (MOOSE) group. JAMA 2000;283:2008-12.

STARD Initiative (STAndards for Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy)

• Published Statement
  • Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al; Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. owards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD Initiative. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:40-4.
  • Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, et al; Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:W1-12.
• STARD Initiative Implementation
  • Smidt N, Rutjes AW, van der Windt DA, Ostelo RW, et al. The quality of diagnostic accuracy studies since the STARD statement: has it improved? Neurology 2006;67:792-7.
    • Johnston KC, Holloway RG. There is nothing staid about STARD: progress in the reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies. Neurology 2006;67:740-1
  • Smidt N, Rutjes AW, van der Windt DA, et al. Reproducibility of the STARD checklist: an instrument to assess the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies. BMC Med Res Methodol 2006;6:12.
• Comments
  • Rutten FH, Moons KG, Hoes AW. Improving the quality and clinical relevance of diagnostic studies. BMJ 2006;332:1129.
  • Straus SE. Reporting diagnostic tests. BMJ 2003;326:3-4.
  • Rennie D. Improving reports of studies of diagnostic tests: the STARD initiative. JAMA 2003;289:89-90.

STROBE Statement (STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology)

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• Website

• Published Statement

  • Des Jarlais DC, Lyles C, Crepaz N; TREND Group. Improving the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions: the TREND statement. Am J Public Health 2004;94:361-6.

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