Recommended reporting items for epidemic forecasting and prediction research: The EPIFORGE 2020 guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The importance of infectious disease epidemic forecasting and prediction research is underscored by decades of communicable disease outbreaks, including COVID-19. Unlike other fields of medical research, such as clinical trials and systematic reviews, no reporting guidelines exist for reporting epidemic forecasting and prediction research despite their utility. We therefore developed the EPIFORGE checklist, a guideline for standardized reporting of epidemic forecasting research.

Methods and findings

We developed this checklist using a best-practice process for development of reporting guidelines, involving a Delphi process and broad consultation with an international panel of infectious disease modelers and model end users. The objectives of these guidelines are t

SUBMITTER: Pollett S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8525759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature