The Explicit Use of Reporting Guidelines in Urogynecology Articels in 2013 – A Review of 6 Journals

Introduction: Correct reporting of research is necessary for assessment of its quality and of its potential reproducibility. Researchers have access to reporting guidelines (RG) for different study designs, and many journals require authors to edit their manuscripts according to these. The first RG was the CONSORT statement for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in 1996, followed by the STROBE statement for observational studies (2004). A guideline for the reporting of systematic reviews and meta-analyses was published in 2005 (PRISMA). (1) However, we do not know to which extent RGs are used and specifically m…