Reporting Guidelines
Reporting Guidelines
REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected Data (RECORD) is an international collaborative which has developed reporting guidelines for studies conducted using routinely-collected health data.
The aim of the collaborative is to enhance transparency by providing researchers with the minimum reporting requirements needed to adequately convey the methods and results of their research. The guidelines will also assist journals editors and peer reviewers critically assess manuscripts for publication.
Checklists are available for observational studies using routinely collected linked data and non-interventional pharmacoepidemiological studies using routinely collected health data. Other publications of interest include:
- The reporting of studies conducted using observational routinely collected health data statement for pharmacoepidemiology (RECORD-PE). 2018.
- Using the RECORD guidelines to improve transparent reporting of studies based on routinely collected data. 2018.
- The REporting of Studies Conducted Using Observational Routinely-Collected Health Data (RECORD) Statement: Methods for Arriving at Consensus and Developing Reporting Guidelines. 2016.
- The REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected health Data (RECORD) statement.2015.
- The RECORD reporting guidelines: meeting the methodological and ethical demands of transparency in research using routinely-collected health data. 2015.