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/