Matthias Egger is professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Bern in Switzerland, as well as professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.George Davey-Smith is the editor of Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.Douglas G. Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and EQUATOR Network, Oxford, UK.

• List of ContributorsForeword Drummond RenniePrefacePart 11 Importance of transparent reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and David Moher  2 How to develop a reporting guidelineDavid Moher, Douglas G. Altman, Kenneth F. Schulz, and Iveta Simera 3 Characteristics of available reporting guidelinesDavid Moher, Kenneth F. Schulz, Douglas G. Altman, John Hoey, Jeremy Grimshaw, Donald Miller, Dugald Seely,  Iveta Simera, Margaret Sampson, Laura Weeks, and Mary Ocampo4 Using reporting guidelines effectively to ensure good reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and Iveta Simera  5 Ambiguities and confusions between reporting and conductKenneth F. Schulz, David Moher, Douglas G. Altman  6 The EQUATOR Network: helping to achieve high standards in the reporting of health research studiesIveta Simera, Allison Hirst, and Douglas G. Altman Part 27 SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials)David Moher and An-Wen Chan  8 CONSORT for abstractsSally Hopewell and Mike Clarke  9 CONSORTDouglas G. Altman, David Moher and Kenneth F. Schulz  10 CONSORT extension for better reporting of harmsJohn P.A. Ioannidis  11 CONSORT for nonpharmacologic treatmentsIsabelle Boutron and Philippe Ravaud  12 CONSORT for pragmatic trials (Practihc)Merrick Zwarenstein  13 CONSORT for cluster randomized trialsDiana R. Elbourne, Marion K. Campbell, Gilda Piaggio and Douglas G. Altman  14 CONSORT for non-inferiority and equivalence trialsGilda Piaggio, Diana Elbourne, and Douglas G. Altman  15 STRICTA (STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture)Hugh MacPherson  16 TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs)Don C. Des Jarlais  17 STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)Myriam Cevallos and Matthias Egger  18 STREGA (Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Associations)Julian Little  19 STARD (STAndards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy studies)Patrick M.M. Bossuyt  20 SURGE (The SUrvey Reporting GuidelinE)Jeremy Grimshaw  21 COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies)Andrew Booth, Karin Hannes, Angela Harden, Jane Noyes, and Janet Harris for the Cochrane Collaboration Qualitative Research Methods Group  22 SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence)Samuel J. Huber, Greg Ogrinc and Frank Davidoff  23 REMARK (REporting recommendations for tumour MARKer prognostic studies)Douglas G. Altman, Lisa M. McShane, Willi Sauerbrei, Sheila E. Taube, and Margaret M. Cavenagh  24 PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses)David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Jennifer Tetzlaff  Part 325 SAMPL (the Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature guidelines)Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman  26 Guidelines for presenting tables and figures in scientific manuscriptsDavid L. Schriger  27 Documenting Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications: the CLIP PrinciplesThomas A. Lang, Cassandra Talerico, and George C. M. Siontis  28 Reporting guidelines for health economic evaluations: BMJ guidelines for authors and peer reviewers of economic submissionsAndrew H. Briggs and  Michael F. Drummond  Part 429 Establishing a coherent reporting guidelines policy in health journalsJason L. Roberts, Timothy T. Houle, Elizabeth W. Loder, Donald B. Penzien, Dana P. Turner and John F. RothrockIndex

"Written by the original guideline authors, the book essentially presents and summarizes the various research reporting guidelines developed over the years in an effort to promote best practices in research reporting." (Springer Nature, 2016)"In Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User�s Manual, the book�s editors, in association with the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) network (www.equator-network.org) and over 60 individual contributors, present a collection of respected and commonly used guidelines for reporting health research, with the purpose of increasing the clarity, completeness, and transparency of reported research. This book is aimed at a range of professions and roles within the medical and academic fields, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders. From a medical writing perspective, it provides some fundamental background knowledge on the necessity, generation and application of guidelines for publishing research...Overall this book provides a valuable resource for authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders to ensure the appropriate guidelines are chosen and correctly applied. I would highly recommend it to any medical writer looking to broaden their knowledge of how best to report health research.(Medical Writing, Dec 2016)

Matthias Egger is professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Bern in Switzerland, as well as professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.George Davey-Smith is the editor of Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.Douglas G. Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and EQUATOR Network, Oxford, UK.

• List of ContributorsForeword Drummond RenniePrefacePart 11 Importance of transparent reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and David Moher  2 How to develop a reporting guidelineDavid Moher, Douglas G. Altman, Kenneth F. Schulz, and Iveta Simera 3 Characteristics of available reporting guidelinesDavid Moher, Kenneth F. Schulz, Douglas G. Altman, John Hoey, Jeremy Grimshaw, Donald Miller, Dugald Seely,  Iveta Simera, Margaret Sampson, Laura Weeks, and Mary Ocampo4 Using reporting guidelines effectively to ensure good reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and Iveta Simera  5 Ambiguities and confusions between reporting and conductKenneth F. Schulz, David Moher, Douglas G. Altman  6 The EQUATOR Network: helping to achieve high standards in the reporting of health research studiesIveta Simera, Allison Hirst, and Douglas G. Altman Part 27 SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials)David Moher and An-Wen Chan  8 CONSORT for abstractsSally Hopewell and Mike Clarke  9 CONSORTDouglas G. Altman, David Moher and Kenneth F. Schulz  10 CONSORT extension for better reporting of harmsJohn P.A. Ioannidis  11 CONSORT for nonpharmacologic treatmentsIsabelle Boutron and Philippe Ravaud  12 CONSORT for pragmatic trials (Practihc)Merrick Zwarenstein  13 CONSORT for cluster randomized trialsDiana R. Elbourne, Marion K. Campbell, Gilda Piaggio and Douglas G. Altman  14 CONSORT for non-inferiority and equivalence trialsGilda Piaggio, Diana Elbourne, and Douglas G. Altman  15 STRICTA (STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture)Hugh MacPherson  16 TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs)Don C. Des Jarlais  17 STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)Myriam Cevallos and Matthias Egger  18 STREGA (Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Associations)Julian Little  19 STARD (STAndards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy studies)Patrick M.M. Bossuyt  20 SURGE (The SUrvey Reporting GuidelinE)Jeremy Grimshaw  21 COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies)Andrew Booth, Karin Hannes, Angela Harden, Jane Noyes, and Janet Harris for the Cochrane Collaboration Qualitative Research Methods Group  22 SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence)Samuel J. Huber, Greg Ogrinc and Frank Davidoff  23 REMARK (REporting recommendations for tumour MARKer prognostic studies)Douglas G. Altman, Lisa M. McShane, Willi Sauerbrei, Sheila E. Taube, and Margaret M. Cavenagh  24 PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses)David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Jennifer Tetzlaff  Part 325 SAMPL (the Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature guidelines)Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman  26 Guidelines for presenting tables and figures in scientific manuscriptsDavid L. Schriger  27 Documenting Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications: the CLIP PrinciplesThomas A. Lang, Cassandra Talerico, and George C. M. Siontis  28 Reporting guidelines for health economic evaluations: BMJ guidelines for authors and peer reviewers of economic submissionsAndrew H. Briggs and  Michael F. Drummond  Part 429 Establishing a coherent reporting guidelines policy in health journalsJason L. Roberts, Timothy T. Houle, Elizabeth W. Loder, Donald B. Penzien, Dana P. Turner and John F. RothrockIndex

"Written by the original guideline authors, the book essentially presents and summarizes the various research reporting guidelines developed over the years in an effort to promote best practices in research reporting." (Springer Nature, 2016)"In Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User�s Manual, the book�s editors, in association with the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) network (www.equator-network.org) and over 60 individual contributors, present a collection of respected and commonly used guidelines for reporting health research, with the purpose of increasing the clarity, completeness, and transparency of reported research. This book is aimed at a range of professions and roles within the medical and academic fields, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders. From a medical writing perspective, it provides some fundamental background knowledge on the necessity, generation and application of guidelines for publishing research...Overall this book provides a valuable resource for authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders to ensure the appropriate guidelines are chosen and correctly applied. I would highly recommend it to any medical writer looking to broaden their knowledge of how best to report health research.(Medical Writing, Dec 2016)

Matthias Egger is professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Bern in Switzerland, as well as professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom.George Davey-Smith is the editor of Systematic Reviews in Health Care: Meta-Analysis in Context, 2nd Edition, published by Wiley.Douglas G. Altman, Centre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford and EQUATOR Network, Oxford, UK.

• List of ContributorsForeword Drummond RenniePrefacePart 11 Importance of transparent reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and David Moher  2 How to develop a reporting guidelineDavid Moher, Douglas G. Altman, Kenneth F. Schulz, and Iveta Simera 3 Characteristics of available reporting guidelinesDavid Moher, Kenneth F. Schulz, Douglas G. Altman, John Hoey, Jeremy Grimshaw, Donald Miller, Dugald Seely,  Iveta Simera, Margaret Sampson, Laura Weeks, and Mary Ocampo4 Using reporting guidelines effectively to ensure good reporting of health researchDouglas G. Altman and Iveta Simera  5 Ambiguities and confusions between reporting and conductKenneth F. Schulz, David Moher, Douglas G. Altman  6 The EQUATOR Network: helping to achieve high standards in the reporting of health research studiesIveta Simera, Allison Hirst, and Douglas G. Altman Part 27 SPIRIT (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials)David Moher and An-Wen Chan  8 CONSORT for abstractsSally Hopewell and Mike Clarke  9 CONSORTDouglas G. Altman, David Moher and Kenneth F. Schulz  10 CONSORT extension for better reporting of harmsJohn P.A. Ioannidis  11 CONSORT for nonpharmacologic treatmentsIsabelle Boutron and Philippe Ravaud  12 CONSORT for pragmatic trials (Practihc)Merrick Zwarenstein  13 CONSORT for cluster randomized trialsDiana R. Elbourne, Marion K. Campbell, Gilda Piaggio and Douglas G. Altman  14 CONSORT for non-inferiority and equivalence trialsGilda Piaggio, Diana Elbourne, and Douglas G. Altman  15 STRICTA (STandards for Reporting Interventions in Clinical Trials of Acupuncture)Hugh MacPherson  16 TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomized Designs)Don C. Des Jarlais  17 STROBE (STrengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology)Myriam Cevallos and Matthias Egger  18 STREGA (Strengthening the Reporting of Genetic Associations)Julian Little  19 STARD (STAndards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy studies)Patrick M.M. Bossuyt  20 SURGE (The SUrvey Reporting GuidelinE)Jeremy Grimshaw  21 COREQ (Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies)Andrew Booth, Karin Hannes, Angela Harden, Jane Noyes, and Janet Harris for the Cochrane Collaboration Qualitative Research Methods Group  22 SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence)Samuel J. Huber, Greg Ogrinc and Frank Davidoff  23 REMARK (REporting recommendations for tumour MARKer prognostic studies)Douglas G. Altman, Lisa M. McShane, Willi Sauerbrei, Sheila E. Taube, and Margaret M. Cavenagh  24 PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses)David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Jennifer Tetzlaff  Part 325 SAMPL (the Statistical Analyses and Methods in the Published Literature guidelines)Thomas A. Lang and Douglas G. Altman  26 Guidelines for presenting tables and figures in scientific manuscriptsDavid L. Schriger  27 Documenting Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications: the CLIP PrinciplesThomas A. Lang, Cassandra Talerico, and George C. M. Siontis  28 Reporting guidelines for health economic evaluations: BMJ guidelines for authors and peer reviewers of economic submissionsAndrew H. Briggs and  Michael F. Drummond  Part 429 Establishing a coherent reporting guidelines policy in health journalsJason L. Roberts, Timothy T. Houle, Elizabeth W. Loder, Donald B. Penzien, Dana P. Turner and John F. RothrockIndex

"Written by the original guideline authors, the book essentially presents and summarizes the various research reporting guidelines developed over the years in an effort to promote best practices in research reporting." (Springer Nature, 2016)"In Guidelines for Reporting Health Research: A User�s Manual, the book�s editors, in association with the EQUATOR (Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research) network (www.equator-network.org) and over 60 individual contributors, present a collection of respected and commonly used guidelines for reporting health research, with the purpose of increasing the clarity, completeness, and transparency of reported research. This book is aimed at a range of professions and roles within the medical and academic fields, including authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders. From a medical writing perspective, it provides some fundamental background knowledge on the necessity, generation and application of guidelines for publishing research...Overall this book provides a valuable resource for authors, editors, peer reviewers, and funders to ensure the appropriate guidelines are chosen and correctly applied. I would highly recommend it to any medical writer looking to broaden their knowledge of how best to report health research.(Medical Writing, Dec 2016)