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/