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Assess the reporting quality of studies using routinely collected health data to inform the development of the RECORD reporting guideline.

June 22, 2016Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyOpen Access

The reporting of studies using routinely collected health data was often insufficient

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Assess the reporting quality of studies using routinely collected health data to inform the development of the RECORD reporting guideline.
Sampled 124 observational studies using routinely collected health data published in 2012 via a PubMed search.
Evaluated studies using five items from the STROBE reporting guideline and eight newly developed items specific to routinely collected health data.
Only 31.5% of studies (39/124) clearly stated their design in the title or abstract, and 41.1% (51/124) completely specified the population, intervention/exposure, and outcome.
Adequate reporting occurred in 20.5% (9/44) of studies requiring diagnostic codes or algorithms, 29.3% (12/41) of studies involving database linkage, and 4.0% (5/124) regarding data availability.
Among 81 studies conducting multivariable analyses, 66.7% (54/81) reported all modeled variables and 42.0% (34/81) provided sufficient detail for replication.

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Methodological review reveals widespread deficiencies in reporting across observational studies using routinely collected health data, highlighting the urgent need for dedicated reporting guidelines.

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Hemkens et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a159209814bf8ec9a4ec841 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2016.06.005

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Methodological review reveals widespread deficiencies in reporting across observational studies using routinely collected health data, highlighting the urgent need for dedicated reporting guidelines.

The reporting of studies using routinely collected health data was often insufficient

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