Table 2.
Search terms for MEDLINE (from 1 January 1996 to 31 March 2017) via PubMed
| Steps | Search terms |
| S1 | impact* [tw] |
| S2 | improv* [tw] |
| S3 | enhanc* [tw] |
| S4 | boost* [tw] |
| S5 | increas* [tw] |
| S6 | influenc* [tw] |
| S7 | effect [tw] |
| S8 | S1 OR S2 OR S3 OR S4 OR S5 OR S6 OR S7 |
| S9 | compliance [tw] |
| S10 | adherence [tw] |
| S11 | completeness [tw] |
| S12 | quality of reporting [tw] |
| S13 | reporting quality [tw] |
| S14 | S9 OR S10 OR S11 OR S12 OR S 13 |
| S15 | Consolidated [tw] Standards [tw] Reporting [tw] Trials [tw] OR CONSORT[tw] |
| S16 | Strengthening [tw] Reporting [tw] Observational [tw] Studies [tw] Epidemiology[tw] OR STROBE[tw] |
| S17 | Preferred [tw] Reporting [tw] Items [tw] Systematic [tw] reviews [tw] Meta-Analyses [tw] OR PRISMA[tw] |
| S18 | Standards [tw] Reporting [tw] Qualitative Research[tw] OR SRQR[tw] |
| S19 | Consolidated [tw] Criteria [tw] Reporting [tw] Qualitative [tw] Research[tw] OR COREQ[tw] |
| S20 | Standard [tw] Protocol [tw] Items [tw] Recommendations [tw] Interventional [tw] Trials[tw] OR STARD[tw] |
| S21 | Transparent [tw] Reporting [tw] multivariable [tw] prediction [tw] model [tw] Individual [tw] Prognosis [tw] Diagnosis[tw] OR TRIPOD[tw] |
| S22 | Standards [tw] QUality [tw] Improvement [tw] Reporting [tw] Excellence[tw] OR SQUIRE[tw] |
| S23 | Consolidated [tw] Health [tw] Economic [tw] Evaluation [tw] Reporting [tw] Standards[tw] OR CHEERS[tw] |
| S24 | Standard [tw] Protocol [tw] Items [tw] Recommendations [tw] Interventional [tw] Trials[tw] OR SPIRIT[tw] |
| S25 | Preferred [tw] Reporting [tw] Items [tw] Systematic [tw] Review [tw] Meta-Analysis [tw] Protocols[tw] OR PRISMA-P[tw] |
| S26 | Quality [tw] Reporting [tw] Meta-analyses[tw] OR QUOROM[tw] |
| S27 | Case [tw] Report [tw] AND CARE[tw] |
| S28 | Appraisal [tw] Guidelines [tw] Research [tw] Evaluation[tw] AND AGREE[tw] |
| S29 | Animal [tw] Research [tw] Reporting [tw] Vivo [tw] Experiments[tw] AND ARRIVE[tw] |
| S30 | Reporting [tw] Tool [tw] Practice [tw] Guidelines [tw] Health [tw] Care[tw] AND RIGHT[tw] |
| S31 | S15 OR S16 OR S17 OR S18 OR S19 OR S20 OR S21 OR S22 OR S23 OR S24 OR S25 OR S26 OR S27 OR S28 OR S29 OR S30 |
| S32 | S8 AND S14 AND S31 |
| S33 | S32 AND ‘1996/01/01’[PDAT]: ‘2017/03/31’[PDAT] |