The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(07)61602-x
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发表时间：
2007-10-20
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影响因子：
168.9
通讯作者：
Vandenbroucke, Jan P.
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作者：
von Elm, Erik;Altman, Douglas G.;Vandenbroucke, Jan P.
许多生物医学研究都是观察性的。这类研究的报告往往是不充分的，这妨碍了对其优点和缺点以及研究的普遍性的评估。加强流行病学观察性研究报告（STROBE）倡议就观察性研究的准确和完整报告应包括哪些内容提出了建议。我们定义了建议的范围，包括三个主要的研究设计：队列研究、病例对照研究和横断面研究。2004年9月，我们召集了一个为期两天的研讨会，由方法学家、研究人员和期刊编辑共同起草了一份项目清单。随后，在协调小组的几次会议期间，以及在与更大的STROBE贡献者小组的电子邮件讨论中，考虑到经验证据和方法方面的考虑，对该清单进行了修订。研讨会和随后的反复磋商和修订过程产生了一份包含22个项目的清单（STROBE声明），这些项目涉及文章的标题、摘要、介绍、方法、结果和讨论部分。18项是所有三种研究设计共有的，4项是特定于队列、病例对照或横断面研究的。一份详细的解释和阐述文件将单独发表，并可在《公共科学图书馆医学》、《内科学年鉴》和《流行病学》网站上免费获取。我们希望STROBE声明将有助于提高观察性研究报告的质量。
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, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Epidemiology. We hope that the STROBE statement will contribute to improving the quality of reporting of observational studies.