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Matthew E. Falagas, MD, MSc, DSc; Eleni I. Pitsouni, MD

Arch Intern Med. 2007;167(9):877.

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During the last 2 decades, various groups of investigators have developed and published guidelines and consensus statements aiming to help researchers improve the quality of conduction and reporting of research projects. It was stated that the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials has improved with the use of the CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) statement.¹ However, the use of such statements has not been very common for studies using other methods. For example, a recent study suggested that the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies has not improved considerably over time.²

We believe that a proportion of authors may not use the available relevant guidelines and consensus statements simply because they are not fully aware of their existence or because they have difficulties in identifying the appropriate document to use. We sought to compile a list of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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