Randomised Control Trial (RCT)
The CONSORT Statement is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting RCTs. It offers a standard way for authors to prepare reports of trial findings, facilitating their complete and transparent reporting, and aiding their critical appraisal and interpretation.
The CONSORT Statement comprises a 22-item checklist and a flow diagram, along with some brief descriptive text. The checklist items focus on reporting how the trial was designed, analyzed, and interpreted; the flow diagram displays the progress of all participants through the trial.
The checklist items pertain to the content of the Title, Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion. Download the CONSORT checklist MS Word | PDF
The flow diagram is intended to depict the passage of participants through an RCT (enrolment, intervention allocation, follow-up, and analysis). Download Flow Diagram: A MS Word | PDF
It is strongly recommended that the CONSORT Statement be used in conjunction with the CONSORT Explanation and Elaboration Document. Download a PDF of the full-text of the CONSORT Statement 2001 Explanatory and Elaboration document.
Cohort Studies
STROBE stands for an international, collaborative initiative of epidemiologists, methodologists, statisticians, researchers and journal editors involved in the conduct and dissemination of observational studies, with the common aim of STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology.
Download STROBE checklist for cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies (combined): pdf | Word
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Randomised Control Trial (RCT)
The CONSORT Statement is an evidence-based, minimum set of recommendations for reporting RCTs. It offers a standard way for authors to prepare reports of trial findings, facilitating their complete and transparent reporting, and aiding their critical appraisal and interpretation.