Table 3.

Overview of available reporting guidelines for the implementation of interventions.

Reporting guideline	Method of development	Goal of guideline
Workgroup for intervention development and evaluation research (WIDER) group recommendations (31)	Expert recommendations to journal editors	Describes extensions to the CONSORT guidelines that will facilitate better communication of behavioral change interventions
Template for intervention description and replication (TIDieR) checklist (32)	Created through expansion of CONSORT criteria using a modified Delphi consensus approach	Describes a 12 item checklist to improve the completeness of reporting of interventions to improve replicability
Criteria for reporting the development and evaluation of complex interventions in health care (CReDECI2) (33)	Created through a systematic literature review and expert review	Describes a criteria list of 16 items pertaining to the reporting of the (1) development, (2) feasibility and pilot testing, and (3) introduction of an intervention and evaluation
Intervention taxonomy (ITAX) (34)	Researcher review of intervention study protocols to capture key elements of the interventions important to subsequent replication	Describes a taxonomy/catalog of key features of an intervention to consider in design, execution, and reporting
Strengthening the reporting g of observation studies in epidemiology (STROBE) statement (35)	Created during a 2-day workshop with methodologists, researchers, and journal editors	Describes a checklist of 22 items to guide reporting of observational research
Standards for quality improvement reporting excellence (SQUIRE 2.0) (36, 37)	Created with input from an expert panel with public feedback	Outlines a checklist of items to consider when reporting quality improvement studies
Standards for reporting implementation studies of complex interventions (StaRI) (38)	Created by multidisciplinary panel using an e-Delphi approach	Describes standards for reporting of implementation studies