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Some standard formats of reporting
Sadeghi Ramin, MDNuclear Medicine Research
Center,Mashhad University of Medical
Sciences
History
IMRAD Established in the beginning of the
20th century In 1960s
BMJ, Lancet, JAMA and NEJM almost entirely adhered to the new format
IMRAD The IMRAD structure facilitates
modular reading, because readers usually do not read in a linear way but browse in each section of the article, looking for specific information, which is normally found in pre-established areas of the paper
Before starting There are some standards of
reporting for different kinds of articles CONSORT for RCTs STARD for diagnostic studies QUOROM for systematic reviews
CONSORT CONSORT, which stands for
Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials, encompasses various initiatives developed by the CONSORT Group to alleviate the problems arising from inadequate reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs).
CONSORT Can be found in
http://www.consort-statement.org/ There are statement, checklist and
flowchart which can be used
STARD STARD
STAndards for the Reporting of Diagnostic accuracy studies
Can be found at http://www.stard-statement.org/