Impact of STROBE Statement Publication on Quality of Observational Study Reporting: Interrupted Time Series versus Before-After Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Bastuji Garin, Sylvie ^a,b   Sbidian, Emilie ^a,b   Gaudy Marqueste, Caroline ^c   Ferrat, Emilie ^a,d   Roujeau, Jean Claude ^b   Richard, Marie Aleth ^c   Canoui Poitrine, Florence ^a,b   Bavinck, Jan Nico Bouwes ^e   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^f   Diepgen, Thomas ^g   Elsner, Peter ^h   Garcia Doval, Ignacio ⁱ   Grob, Jean Jacques ^j   Langan, Sinead ^k   Naldi, Luigi ^l   Nijsten, Tamar ^m   Schmitt, Jochen ⁿ   Svensson, Åke ^o   Williams, Hywel ^p  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^c TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^e DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

ⁱ University Hospital Jena ^*  (Spain)

^j AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^k LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^l Centro Studi Gruppo Italiano di Studi Epidemiologici in Dermatologia   (Italy)

^m ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁿ DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^o LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEFORE AFTER ANALYSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DERMATOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRUPTED TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; STRENGTHENING THE REPORTING OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES IN EPIDEMIOLOGY; TREND STUDY;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; BIBLIOMETRICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84883188092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064733     Document Type: Article

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