ArticleJournal of clinical epidemiology2016
The reporting of studies using routinely collected health data was often insufficient.
Article in Journal of clinical epidemiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Prevalence and predictors of data and code sharing in the medical and health sciences: systematic review with meta-analysis of individual participant data.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluation of reporting quality of cohort studies using real-world data based on RECORD: systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Pooled it
- Data source profile reporting by studies that use routinely collected health data to explore the effects of drug treatment.BMC medical research methodology · 2023Pooled it
- Longitudinal studies that use data collected as part of usual care risk reporting biased results: a systematic review.BMC medical research methodology · 2017Pooled it
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- Overall rehabilitation prognosis for the level of functioning following moderate to severe acquired brain injury: a study using routinely collected health record data.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2026Article
- Methods for identifying health status from routinely collected health data: An overview.Integrative medicine research · 2025Article
- Statins use and recurrent venous thromboembolism in the direct oral anticoagulant era: insight from the COMMAND VTE Registry-2.Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis · 2024Article
- Quality Assessment of Traditional Persian Medicine Observational Studies.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Review
- Defining benchmarks for total and distal gastrectomy: global multicentre analysis.The British journal of surgery · 2024Article
- Health record hiccups-5,526 real-world time series with change points labelled by crowdsourced visual inspection.GigaScience · 2022Article
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- Reporting of abstracts in studies that used routinely collected data for exploring drug treatment effects: a cross-sectional survey.BMC medical research methodology · 2022Article
- Toward a better understanding about real-world evidence.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2022Review
- Reporting transparency and completeness in trials: Paper 4 - reporting of randomised controlled trials conducted using routinely collected electronic records - room for improvement.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2022Article
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- CONSORT extension for the reporting of randomised controlled trials conducted using cohorts and routinely collected data (CONSORT-ROUTINE): checklist with explanation and elaboration.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo assess reporting quality of studies using routinely collected health data (RCD) to inform the REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely collected health Data (RECORD) guideline development. STUDY DESIGN AND
settingPubMed search for observational studies using RCD on any epidemiologic or clinical topic. Sample of studies published in 2012. Evaluation of five items based on the STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guideline and eight newly developed items for RCD studies.
resultsOf 124 included studies, 39 (31.5%) clearly described its design in title or abstract. Complete information to frame a focused research question, that is, on the population, intervention/exposure, and outcome, was provided for 51 studies (41.1%). In 44 studies where definitions of codes or classification algorithms would be necessary to operationalize such a research question, only nine (20.5%) reported all items adequately. In 81 studies describing multivariable analyses, 54 (66.7%) reported all variables used for modeling and 34 (42.0%) reported basic details required for replication. Database linkage was reported adequately in 12 of 41 studies (29.3%). Statements about data sharing/availability were rare (5/124; 4%).
conclusionMost RCD studies are insufficiently reported. Specific reporting guidelines and more awareness and education on their use are urgently needed.
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