Korean J Fam Med.  2009 Jan;30(1):1-14. 10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.1.1.

Reporting Guidelines of Medical Research

• Lee JU

• KMID: 2304551
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2009.30.1.1

Abstract

Medical research should be reported transparently so that readers can follow what was planned, what was done, what was found, and what conclusion was drawn. The credibility of research depends on a critical assessment by others of the strengths and weaknesses in study design, conduct, and analysis. Despite several decades of educational efforts, many researches still are not reported adequately. Therefore some investigators have suggested guidelines for reporting of various research results. After the initiative to improve the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCT), many other consensus across discipline for reporting guideline of meta-analysis of RCT, meta-analysis of observation study, case-control study, cohort study was developed. So we want to introduce family physicians various reporting guidelines that hope this report will contribute to assessing and improving the quality of reporting of medical researches.

Keyword

Reporting Guidelines

MeSH Terms

Case-Control Studies
Cohort Studies
Consensus
Humans
Meta-Analysis as Topic
Physicians, Family
Research Personnel