Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals
Background: Although much medical knowledge comes from observational research, such studies are more prone to confounding and bias than others. This study was conducted to evaluate the adherence of the observational studies published in Iranian medical journals to the STROBE (strengthening the repor...
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| author | Soheila SHAGHAGHIAN Behrooz ASTANEH |
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| description | Background: Although much medical knowledge comes from observational research, such studies are more prone to confounding and bias than others. This study was conducted to evaluate the adherence of the observational studies published in Iranian medical journals to the STROBE (strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology) statement.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we selected 150 articles of Iranian medical journals, using multistage sampling from Aug 2016 to Jun 2017. The reported items of the STROBE statement in the articles was determined and considered as the adherence of the articles to the statement. The adherence of the articles with different characteristics was compared.
Results: The adherence of the articles to the statement varied from 24% to 68% with a mean score of 48%±9%. The lowest mean scores were found in the Result (36%) and Method (49%) sections. The adherence was significantly better in the articles published in the journals indexed in PubMed or Web of Knowledge (ISI) databases (P<0.001) and those written by cooperation of the authors from other countries (P=0.044).
Conclusion: The evaluated articles in our study had not adequately reported the items recommended by the STROBE statement. This indicates deficiency in key elements for readers to assess the validity and applicability of a study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9b5d7a376f34edc8996f8827bffd5872022-12-21T20:22:12ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesIranian Journal of Public Health2251-60852251-60932020-07-0149810.18502/ijph.v49i8.3896Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical JournalsSoheila SHAGHAGHIAN0Behrooz ASTANEH1Department of Medical Journalism, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranDepartment of Medical Journalism, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, IranBackground: Although much medical knowledge comes from observational research, such studies are more prone to confounding and bias than others. This study was conducted to evaluate the adherence of the observational studies published in Iranian medical journals to the STROBE (strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology) statement. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we selected 150 articles of Iranian medical journals, using multistage sampling from Aug 2016 to Jun 2017. The reported items of the STROBE statement in the articles was determined and considered as the adherence of the articles to the statement. The adherence of the articles with different characteristics was compared. Results: The adherence of the articles to the statement varied from 24% to 68% with a mean score of 48%±9%. The lowest mean scores were found in the Result (36%) and Method (49%) sections. The adherence was significantly better in the articles published in the journals indexed in PubMed or Web of Knowledge (ISI) databases (P<0.001) and those written by cooperation of the authors from other countries (P=0.044). Conclusion: The evaluated articles in our study had not adequately reported the items recommended by the STROBE statement. This indicates deficiency in key elements for readers to assess the validity and applicability of a study.https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/15763IranJournalObservational StudyQualityStrengthening the reporting of observational studies in epide-miology (STROBE) |
| spellingShingle | Soheila SHAGHAGHIAN Behrooz ASTANEH Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals Iranian Journal of Public Health Iran Journal Observational Study Quality Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epide-miology (STROBE) |
| title | Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals |
| title_full | Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals |
| title_fullStr | Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals |
| title_short | Adherence to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology Statement in Observational Studies Published in Iranian Medical Journals |
| title_sort | adherence to the strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology statement in observational studies published in iranian medical journals |
| topic | Iran Journal Observational Study Quality Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epide-miology (STROBE) |
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