Table 6. Examples of reporting guidelines and checklists.

No.	Reporting Guidelines and Checklists
	CONSORT - CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials
	A 25-item checklist for reporting of randomized controlled trials. There are appropriate extensions to the CONSORT statement due to variations in the standard trial methodology such as different design aspects (e.g., cluster, pragmatic, non-inferiority and equivalence trials), interventions (e.g., herbals) and data (e.g., harms, including the extension for writing abstracts)
	SPIRIT - Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials
	A 33-item checklist for reporting protocols for randomized controlled trials
	COREQ - COnsolidated criteria for REporting Qualitative research
	A 32-item checklist for reporting qualitative research of interviews and focus groups
	STARD - STAndards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies
	A 25-item checklist for reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies
	PRISMA - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses
	A 27-item checklist for reporting of systematic reviews
	PRISMA-P - Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Protocols
	A 17-item checklist for reporting of systematic review and meta-analysis protocols
	MOOSE - Meta-analysis Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology
	A 35-item checklist for reporting of meta-analyses of observational studies
	STROBE - STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology
	For reporting of observational studies in epidemiology
		Checklist for cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies (combined)
		Checklist for cohort studies
		Checklist for case-control studies
		Checklist for cross-sectional studies
	Extensions of the STROBE statement
	STROME-ID - STrengthening the Reporting Of Molecular Epidemiology for Infectious Diseases
	A 42-item checklist
	STREGA - STrengthening the REporting of Genetic Associations
	A 22-item checklist for reporting of gene-disease association studies
	CHEERS - Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards
	A 24-item checklist for reporting of health economic evaluations