The OHStat Guidelines for Reporting Observational Studies and Clinical Trials in Oral Health Research: Manuscript Checklist.

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    • Corporate Authors:
      Task Force on Design and Analysis in Oral Health Research
    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7511484 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-3554 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00992399 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Endod Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: New York : Elsevier
      Original Publication: Chicago, American Dental Assocation, <1975-1982>.
    • Subject Terms:
      Checklist* ; Oral Health*/standards ; Clinical Trials as Topic*/standards ; Observational Studies as Topic*; Humans ; Dental Research/standards ; Guidelines as Topic ; Publishing/standards ; Research Design/standards ; Research Report/standards
    • Abstract:
      Adequate and transparent reporting is necessary for critically appraising published research. Yet, ample evidence suggests that the design, conduct, analysis, interpretation, and reporting of oral health research could be greatly improved. Accordingly, the Task Force on Design and Analysis in Oral Health Research-statisticians and trialists from academia and industry-identified the minimum information needed to report and evaluate observational studies and clinical trials in oral health: the OHStat Guidelines. Drafts were circulated to the editors of 85 oral health journals and to Task Force members and sponsors and discussed at a December 2020 workshop attended by 49 researchers. The guidelines were subsequently revised by the Task Force's writing group. The guidelines draw heavily from the Consolidated Standards for Reporting Trials (CONSORT), Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE), and CONSORT harms guidelines and incorporate the SAMPL guidelines for reporting statistics, the CLIP principles for documenting images, and the GRADE indicating the quality of evidence. The guidelines also recommend reporting estimates in clinically meaningful units using confidence intervals, rather than relying on P values. In addition, OHStat introduces 7 new guidelines that concern the text itself, such as checking the congruence between abstract and text, structuring the discussion, and listing conclusions to make them more specific. OHStat does not replace other reporting guidelines; it incorporates those most relevant to dental research into a single document. Manuscripts using the OHStat guidelines will provide more information specific to oral health research.
      (Copyright © 2024 Task Force on Design & Analysis in Oral Health Research 2024. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Comparative studies; publishing/∗standards; research design/standards; retrospective studies; statistical data interpretation
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240715 Date Completed: 20241205 Latest Revision: 20241205
    • Publication Date:
      20241209
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.joen.2024.05.007
    • Accession Number:
      39007795