Table 3.
Completeness of reporting in manuscripts before and after completing a GoodReports checklist
| Applicable reporting checklist | Number of method items in checklist | Items reported before completing a reporting checklist | Items reported (or reported more fully) after completing a reporting checklist | Number of reporting items improved | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRISMA-P | 15 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2 | PRISMA-P | 15 | 12 | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | PRISMA-P | 15 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | SRQR | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | SPIRIT | 25 | 18 | 18 | 0 |
| 6 | SPIRIT | 25 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 7 | SPIRIT | 25 | 14 | 20 | 6 |
| 8 | SPIRIT | 25 | 15 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | CONSORT | 16 | 10 | 11 | 1 |
| 10 | STROBE Cohort | 14 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | STROBE Cohort | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 12 | STROBE Cohort | 14 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | STROBE Cross-sectional | 13 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 14 | STROBE Cross-sectional | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | STROBE Cross-sectional | 13 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | TRIPOD | 18 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 17 | STARD | 17 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | MOOSE | 8 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MOOSE | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | SQUIRE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CONSORT Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, MOOSE Meta-analyses Of Observational Studies in Epidemiology, PRISMA-P Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols, SRQR Standards for Reporting Qualitative Research, SPIRIT Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials, STARD Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy, STROBE STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (sub-checklists for cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies), TRIPOD Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis