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EQUATOR Reporting Guideline Decision Tree Which guidelines are relevant to my work?

None of the most popular checklists are appropriate for your study design, but you may still find useful guidelines by searching the full EQUATOR library, which covers 250+ study designs .

Was your research on animals in the lab?

No

No

Was the research on humans?

ARRIVE

SRQR

yes

yes

Did you pool the results of previous studies (a review)?

Do you describe a clinical case or a series of cases?

Did your research generate quantitative data?

STARD

No

No

No

ENTREQ

CARE

yes

yes

yes

yes

Did you combine and analyse (review) the results of previous studies?

Did you compare the accuracy of a new or alternative diagnostic test against an established one (reference standard)?

Did your study explore the relationship between exposure to risk or protective factors and outcomes?

Was your study a randomized trial comparing two or more health interventions?

No

No

No

CONSORT

yes

yes

STROBE

yes

No

Is it a review of observational (cohort, case-control, or cross- sectional) studies?

None of the most popular checklists are appropriate for your study design, but you may still find useful guidelines by searching the full EQUATOR library, which covers 250+ study designs .

No

Did the study evaluate the prognostic value of one or more biomarkers?

Did the research develop, validate or update a general prediction model for diagnosis or prognosis?

No

No

PRISMA

yes

REMARK

yes

TRIPOD

yes

MOOSE

CC-BY 4.0 The EQUATOR Network 26 February 2016

• Many journals now ask you to state that you comply with these guidelines, and may even ask you to complete the relevant checklist when you submit your article to the journal. IJSLP will bring in this requirement soon. What does this mean? The more robust and transparent the experiment’s design, the more trustworthy the results will be and the more likely (and easily) they can be used to guide clinical practice. It’s worth the effort! Kirrie J Ballard Editor, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ijslp.editor@sydney.edu.au Anne Whitworth Editor, International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology ijslp.editor@curtin.edu.au

Equator stands for: E nhancing the QUA lity and T ransparency O f health R esearch

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