Open AccessReporting guidelines in health research: A review
Author(s) -
Arun K Simon,
Ashwini Rao,
G Rajesh,
Ramya Shenoy,
M. M. Manohara Pai
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/0019-557x.157532
Subject(s) - checklist , scrutiny , medline , relevance (law) , transparency (behavior) , publishing , alternative medicine , medicine , systematic review , identification (biology) , research design , medical education , data science , computer science , psychology , political science , pathology , social science , botany , computer security , sociology , law , cognitive psychology , biology
Contemporary health research has come under close scrutiny, exposing alarming flaws in the reporting of research. The reporting guidelines can aid in identification of poorly reported studies and can bring transparency to health research. The guidelines also help journal editors, peer reviewers, funding agencies, and readers to better discern health research. Reporting guidelines encourage accurate and thorough reporting of fundamental aspects of health research so that the results of studies can be replicated by others. Reporting guidelines are potent tools to improve the practice of research and in reducing reporting bias. For the present review, both electronic and manual literature search was carried out. Electronic databases like PubMed, MEDLINE, EBSCO host, and Science Direct were searched for extracting relevant articles. Various key words and their combinations were used for literature search like reporting guidelines, checklist, research, publishing standards, study design, medicine, and dentistry. The search results were scrutinized for relevance to the topic and only full text articles in English were incorporated. Various reporting guidelines were identified and grouped under headings based on study design. This review article attempts to highlight the various reporting guidelines in literature relating to health research, its potential applications, and its limitations.