The CONSORT Framework (original) (raw)
Guide to Statistics and Methods
Reporting Guidelines
April 7, 2021
JAMA Surg. 2021;156(9):877-878. doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2021.0549
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- Guide to Statistics and Methods SQUIRE Reporting Guidelines for Quality Improvement Studies
Rachel R. Kelz, MD, MSCE, MBA; Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH; Elliott R. Haut, MD, PhD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods STROBE Reporting Guidelines for Observational Studies
Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS; Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH; Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods CHEERS Reporting Guidelines for Economic Evaluations
Oluwadamilola M. Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS; Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc; Jennifer F. Tseng, MD, MPH
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods TRIPOD Reporting Guidelines for Diagnostic and Prognostic Studies
Rachel E. Patzer, PhD, MPH; Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD; Yuman Fong, MD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods ISPOR Reporting Guidelines for Comparative Effectiveness Research
Nader N. Massarweh, MD, MPH; Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc; Amir A. Ghaferi, MD, MS
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods PRISMA Reporting Guidelines for Meta-analyses and Systematic Reviews
Shipra Arya, MD, SM; Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD; Marja A. Boermeester, MD, PhD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods AAPOR Reporting Guidelines for Survey Studies
Susan C. Pitt, MD, MPHS; Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH; Danny Chu, MD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods MOOSE Reporting Guidelines for Meta-analyses of Observational Studies
Benjamin S. Brooke, MD, PhD; Todd A. Schwartz, DrPH, MS; Timothy M. Pawlik, MD, MPH, PhD
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods TREND Reporting Guidelines for Nonrandomized/Quasi-Experimental Study Designs
Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH; Jason S. Haukoos, MD, MSc; Justin B. Dimick, MD, MPH
JAMA Surgery - Guide to Statistics and Methods SRQR and COREQ Reporting Guidelines for Qualitative Studies
Lesly A. Dossett, MD, MPH; Amy H. Kaji, MD, PhD; Amalia Cochran, MD
JAMA Surgery
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The Institute of Medicine defines the quality of health care as the “degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and are consistent with current professional knowledge.”1 Yet only a minority of surgical management decisions have historically been based on randomized clinical trials (RCTs). Fortunately, surgeons are now regularly conducting RCTs, and the results are increasingly being translated and implemented into clinical practice.2 In the past, reporting of RCTs was widely variable and often resulted in an inability to interpret and apply study findings to actual clinical practice.3 To address inadequate reporting of RCTs, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Group first outlined a set of reporting principles in 1996. These original guidelines were updated twice, in 2001 and in 2010.4 Strict adherence to CONSORT has been widely endorsed by the medical community, including all major medical journals and editorial boards including all JAMA Network journals. In this overview, we describe CONSORT, emphasize several important considerations when using it, and point out its limitations.
- Editorial Effective Use of Reporting Guidelines to Improve the Quality of Surgical Research
JAMA Surgery
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