Relation of completeness of reporting of health research to journals' endorsement of reporting guidelines: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether the completeness of reporting of health research is related to journals' endorsement of reporting guidelines.

Design

Systematic review.

Data sources

Reporting guidelines from a published systematic review and the EQUATOR Network (October 2011). Studies assessing the completeness of reporting by using an included reporting guideline (termed "evaluations") (1990 to October 2011; addendum searches in January 2012) from searches of either Medline, Embase, and the Cochrane Methodology Register or Scopus, depending on reporting guideline name.

Study selection

English language reporting guidelines that provided explicit guidance for reporting, described the guidance development process, and indicated use of a consensus development process w

SUBMITTER: Stevens A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4070413 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature