EQUATOR = Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research – an international initiative to improve the quality of health research publications by promoting transparent and accurate reporting and the use of reporting guidelines.
What is a reporting guideline?
- Recommendations - in the form of a checklist - for what information should be in your manuscript
- Different guidelines for different research types and study designs e.g. observational studies, qualitative studies, systematic reviews, economic evaluations, animal studies, diagnostic studies, randomised controlled trials, study protocols…
What can I use a reporting guideline for?
- To identify what is missing from your manuscript!
- To help you organise the content of your manuscript