Scoping review on interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in health research
Publication date
2019ISSN
2044-6055
Abstract
Objectives: The goal of this study is to identify, analyse and classify interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in order to obtain a wide picture of how the problem of enhancing the completeness of reporting of biomedical literature has been tackled so far. Design Scoping review. Search strategy We searched the MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Library databases and conducted a grey literature search for (1) studies evaluating interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in health research and (2) other types of references describing interventions that have been performed or suggested but never evaluated. The characteristics and effect of the evaluated interventions were analysed. Moreover, we explored the rationale of the interventions identified and determined the existing gaps in research on the evaluation of interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines. Results: 109 references containing 31 interventions (11 evaluated) were included. These were grouped into five categories: (1) training on the use of reporting guidelines, (2) improving understanding, (3) encouraging adherence, (4) checking adherence and providing feedback, and (5) involvement of experts. Additionally, we identified lack of evaluated interventions (1) on training on the use of reporting guidelines and improving their understanding, (2) at early stages of research and (3) after the final acceptance of the manuscript. Conclusions: This scoping review identified a wide range of strategies to improve adherence to reporting guidelines that can be taken by different stakeholders. Additional research is needed to assess the effectiveness of many of these interventions.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
61 - Medical sciences
Keywords
Literatura biomèdica
Directrius de presentació d'informes
Investigació en salut
Literatura biomédica
Directrices de presentación de informes
Investigación en salud
Biomedical literature
Reporting guidelines
Health research
Pages
12
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Collection
9; 5
Is part of
BMJ Open
Citation
Blanco, David; Altman, Doug; Moher, David [et al.]. Scoping review on interventions to improve adherence to reporting guidelines in health research. BMJ Open, 2019, 9(5), e026589. Disponible en: <https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/9/5/e026589>. Fecha de acceso: 6 jul. 2022. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026589.
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info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/676207
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