Enhancing the reporting and transparency of rheumatology research: a guide to reporting guidelines

Table 1 Proposed subtitling and guidelines for various research project categories

Research project	Randomized trials	Observational studies	Systematic reviews and meta-analyses	Diagnostic test studies	Reliability and agreement studies	Research in animal studies
Last part of suggested title (that is, Title Suffix)	A randomized controlled trial	A cross-sectional study A cohort study A case-control study	A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials	A diagnostic accuracy study	A reliability and agreement study	An in vivo animal research study
Statement or guideline to consult	CONSORT statement	STROBE statement	PRISMA statement	STARD statement	GRRAS statement	ARRIVE statement
PubMed ID	PMID: 20332511	PMID: 17938389	PMID: 19622512	PMID: 12513067	PMID: 21130355	PMID: 20613859

ARRIVE, Animals in Research Reporting In Vivo Experiments; CONSORT, CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials; GRRAS, Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses; STARD, Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy; STROBE, Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology.

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