title: Review of Research Reporting Guidelines for Radiology Researchers.
abstract: Prior articles have reviewed reporting guidelines and study evaluation tools for clinical research. However, only some of the many available accepted reporting guidelines at the Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research Network have been discussed in previous reports. In this paper, we review the key Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research reporting guidelines that have not been previously discussed. The study types include diagnostic and prognostic studies, reliability and agreement studies, observational studies, analytical and descriptive, experimental studies, quality improvement studies, qualitative research, health informatics, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, economic evaluations, and mixed methods studies. There are also sections on study protocols, and statistical analyses and methods. In each section, there is a brief overview of the study type, and then the reporting guideline(s) that are most applicable to radiology researchers including radiologists involved in health services research are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Hospitals, B1 132G Taubman Center/5302, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Electronic address: pcronin@med.umich.edu.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Imaging, Medical College of Georgia, Georgia Regents University, Augusta, Georgia.
authors.forename: James V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Rawson
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D058996:Quality Improvement; D011871:Radiology / Q000592:standards; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D058028:Research Report / Q000592:standards
keywords: Analytical observational studies; descriptive observational studies; diagnostic studies; economic evaluations; experimental studies; health informatics; health services research reporting guidelines; mixed methods studies; prognostic studies; qualitative research; quality improvement studies; radiology research; reliability and agreement studies; statistical analyses and methods; study protocols; systematic reviews and meta-analyses