title: STROBE initiative: guidelines on reporting observational studies.
abstract: Reporting of observational studies is often inadequate, hampering the assessment of their strengths and weaknesses and, consequently, the generalization of study results. The initiative named Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) developed a checklist of 22 items, the STROBE Statement, with recommendations about what should be included in a more accurate and complete description of observational studies. Between June and December 2008, a group of Brazilian researchers was dedicated to the translation and adaptation of the STROBE Statement into Portuguese. The present study aimed to show the translation into Portuguese, introduce the discussion on the context of use, the potential and limitations of the STROBE initiative.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciências Sociais, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sérgio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. mmalta@jhsph.edu <mmalta@jhsph.edu>
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.forename: Leticia Oliveira
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Francisco Inacio
authors.initials: FI
authors.lastname: Bastos
authors.forename: Monica Maria Ferreira
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Magnanini
authors.forename: Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016021:Epidemiologic Studies; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019370:Observation / Q000379:methods*; D011643:Publishing / Q000592:standards*; D014175:Translating