The Single-Case Reporting Guideline In BEhavioural Interventions (SCRIBE) 2016 Statement.
We developed a reporting guideline to provide authors with guidance about what should be reported when writing a paper for publication in a scientific journal using a particular type of research design: the single-case experimental design. This report describes the methods used to develop the Single-Case Reporting guideline In BEhavioural interventions (SCRIBE) 2016. As a result of 2 online surveys and a 2-day meeting of experts, the SCRIBE 2016 checklist was developed, which is a set of 26 items that authors need to address when writing about single-case research. This article complements the more detailed SCRIBE 2016 Explanation and Elaboration article (Tate et al., 2016) that provides a rationale for each of the items and examples of adequate reporting from the literature. Both these resources will assist authors to prepare reports of single-case research with clarity, completeness, accuracy, and transparency. They will also provide journal reviewers and editors with a practical checklist against which such reports may be critically evaluated. We recommend that the SCRIBE 2016 is used by authors preparing manuscripts describing single-case research for publication, as well as journal reviewers and editors who are evaluating such manuscripts.
The Kolling Institute of Medical Research, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Sydney.
Robyn L
RL
Tate
Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Sydney.
Michael
M
Perdices
The Kolling Institute of Medical Research, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia, and The University of Sydney.
Ulrike
U
Rosenkoetter
University of California , Merced.
William
W
Shadish
University of Alberta.
Sunita
S
Vohra
Boston University.
David H
DH
Barlow
University of Oregon.
Robert
R
Horner
Yale University.
Alan
A
Kazdin
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Thomas
T
Kratochwill
University of New South Wales.
Skye
S
McDonald
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario , Ottawa , Ontario , Canada.
Margaret
M
Sampson
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and University of Ottawa.
Larissa
L
Shamseer
The University of Sydney.
Leanne
L
Togher
University of Oregon.
Richard
R
Albin
University of British Columbia.
Catherine
C
Backman
La Trobe University.
Jacinta
J
Douglas
University of Glasgow.
Jonathan J
JJ
Evans
University of Georgia.
David
D
Gast
University of Barcelona.
Rumen
R
Manolov
University of Queensland.
Geoffrey
G
Mitchell
Macquarie University.
Lyndsey
L
Nickels
University of Queensland.
Jane
J
Nikles
Griffith University.
Tamara
T
Ownsworth
La Trobe University.
Miranda
M
Rose
Brown University.
Christopher H
CH
Schmid
Oliver Zangwill Centre , Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom.
Barbara
B
Wilson
methodology; publication standards; reporting guidelines; single-case design