[EQ] Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement

Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement:
guidelines for reporting observational studies

Erik von Elm, senior research fellow¹, Douglas G Altman, professor², Matthias Egger, professor¹, Stuart J Pocock, professor³, Peter C Gøtzsche, director⁴, Jan P Vandenbroucke, professor⁵, for the STROBE Initiative

¹ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland, ² Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford , ³ London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London, London, ⁴ Nordic Cochrane Centre, Copenhagen, Denmark , ⁵ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Leiden University Hospital, Leiden, Netherlands

BMJ  2007;335:806-808 - 20 October, 2007, doi:10.1136/bmj.39335.541782.AD

Poor reporting of research hampers assessment and makes it less useful. An international group of methodologists, researchers, and journal editors sets out guidelines to improve reports of observational studies

Available online at: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/335/7624/806

“…..Much biomedical research is observational. The reporting of such research is often inadequate, which hampers the assessment of its strengths and weaknesses and of a study's generalisability. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Initiative developed recommendations on what should be included in an accurate and complete report of an observational study.

We defined the scope of the recommendations to cover three main study designs: cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies. We convened a 2-day workshop in September, 2004, with methodologists, researchers, and journal editors to draft a checklist of items. This list was subsequently revised during several meetings of the coordinating group and in e-mail discussions with the larger group of STROBE contributors, taking into account empirical evidence and methodological considerations.

The workshop and the subsequent iterative process of consultation and revision resulted in a checklist of 22 items (the STROBE statement) that relate to the title, abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion sections of articles. 18 items are common to all three study designs and four are specific for cohort, case-control, or cross sectional studies. A detailed explanation and elaboration document is published separately and is freely available on the websites of PLoS Medicine, Epidemiology, and Annals of Internal Medicine. We hope that the STROBE statement will contribute to improving the quality of reporting of observational studies….”

The Lancet,  Volume 370, Number 9596, 20 October 2007

STROBE statement
The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies

Dr Erik von Elm MD  a ,   Prof Douglas G Altman DSc b,   Prof Matthias Egger MD a c,   Prof Stuart J Pocock PhD d,   Peter C Gøtzsche MD e   and   Prof Jan P Vandenbroucke MD f,   for the STROBE initiative
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS014067360761602X/fulltext

 

Plos Medicine Journal:

Two papers setting out recommendations for the reporting of epidemiological research are published in this week's PLoS Medicine. The recommendations are the result of a 3 year international collaboration known as the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) Initiative. In the first of these papers, Jan Vandenbroucke, Matthias Egger, Erik von Elm and colleagues describe what should be included in an accurate and complete report of an observational study.

Available online at:

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040296

 

Explanation and Elaboration:

The second of the STROBE Initiative papers is an explanatory and elaboration document in which the authors provide the meaning and rationale of each checklist item on the STROBE Statement

Available online at:

http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040297

 

 

 

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