Elevating the quality of disability and rehabilitation research: Mandatory use of the reporting guidelines

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 127-129

  Chan, Leighton ^a   Heinemann, Allen W ^a   Roberts, Jason ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISABLED PERSONS; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 84896331957     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2014.682004     Document Type: Review

References (11)

1. Altman, D. (2008, June). Why we need transparent reporting of health research. Excerpt from a presentation delivered at the launch of the EQUATOR Network. Retrieved December 5, 2008, from http://www.equator-network.org/index. aspx
2. APA Publications and Communications Board Working Group on Journal Article Reporting Standards. (2008). Reporting standards for research in psychology: Why do we need them? What might they be? American Psychologist, 63, 839-851. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0003-066X.63.9.839
3. EQUATOR Network. (n.d.). Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research. Retrieved October 21, 2013, from www.equator-network.org
4. Cobo, E., Cortes, J., Ribera, J. M., Cardellach, F., Selva-O'Callaghan, A., Kostov, B., ..., Vilardell, M. (2011). Effect of using reporting guidelines during peer review on quality of final manuscripts submitted to a biomedical journal: Masked randomised trial. British Medical Journal, 343, d6783. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6783
5. International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (2013). Preparing a manuscript for submission to a medical journal. Retrieved October 21, 2013, from http://www.icmje.org/manuscript-a.html
6. Moher, D., Schulz, K. F., & Altman, D. G. (2001). The CONSORT Statement: Revised recommendations for improving the quality of reports of parallel-group randomized trials. Annals of Internal Medicine, 134, 657-662. http://dx.doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-134-8-200104170-00011
7. Moher, D., Simera, I., Schulz, K. F., Hoey, J., & Altman, D. G. (2008). Helping editors, peer reviewers and authors improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of reporting health research. BMC Medicine, 6, 13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-6-13
8. Simera, I., Altman, D. G., Moher, D., Schulz, K. F., & Hoey, J. (2008). Guidelines for reporting health research: The EQUATOR Network's survey of guideline authors. PLoS Medicine, 5, e139. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal. pmed.0050139
9. Smidt, N., Rutjes, A. W., van der Windt, D. A., Ostelo, R. W., Bossuyt, P. M., Reitsma, J. B., ... de Vet, H. C. (2006). The quality of diagnostic accuracy studies since the STARD Statement: Has it improved? Neurology, 67, 792-797.
10. Turner, L., Shamseer, L., Altman, D. G., Schulz, K. F., & Moher, D. (2012). Does use of the CONSORT Statement impact the completeness of reporting of randomised controlled trials published in medical journals? A Cochrane review. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (Online), 1, 60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2046-4053-1-60
11. U.S. National Library of Medicine. (2013). Research reporting guidelines and initiatives: By organization. Retrieved October 21, 2013, from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/services/research-report-guide.html