TY - JOUR
T1 - STROCSS 2021
T2 - Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery
AU - STROCSS Group
AU - Mathew, Ginimol
AU - Agha, Riaz
AU - Albrecht, Joerg
AU - Goel, Prabudh
AU - Mukherjee, Indraneil
AU - Pai, Prathamesh
AU - D'Cruz, Anil K.
AU - Nixon, Iain J.
AU - Roberto, Klappenbach
AU - Enam, Syed Ather
AU - Basu, Somprakas
AU - Muensterer, Oliver J.
AU - Giordano, Salvatore
AU - Pagano, Duilio
AU - Machado-Aranda, David
AU - Bradley, Patrick James
AU - Bashashati, Mohammad
AU - Thoma, Achilles
AU - Afifi, Raafat Y.
AU - Johnston, Maximilian
AU - Challacombe, Ben
AU - Chi-Yong Ngu, James
AU - Chalkoo, Mushtaq
AU - Raveendran, Kandiah
AU - Hoffman, Jerome R.
AU - Kirshtein, Boris
AU - Lau, Wan Yee
AU - Thorat, Mangesh A.
AU - Miguel, Diana
AU - Beamish, Andrew James
AU - Roy, Gaurav
AU - Healy, Donagh
AU - Ather, M. Hammad
AU - Raja, Shahzad G.
AU - Mei, Zubing
AU - Manning, Todd G.
AU - Kasivisvanathan, Veeru
AU - Rivas, Juan Gómez
AU - Coppola, Roberto
AU - Ekser, Burcin
AU - Karanth, Veena L.
AU - Kadioglu, Huseyin
AU - Valmasoni, Michele
AU - Noureldin, Ashraf
N1 - Funding Information:
Michelle Griffin, Stanford University, Palo Alto, United States.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Authors
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Introduction: Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines. Methods: A STROCSS 2021 steering group was formed to come up with proposals to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines. An expert panel of researchers assessed these proposals and judged whether they should become part of STROCSS 2021 guidelines or not, through a Delphi consensus exercise. Results: 42 people (89%) completed the DELPHI survey and hence participated in the development of STROCSS 2021 guidelines. All items received a score between 7 and 9 by greater than 70% of the participants, indicating a high level of agreement among the DELPHI group members with the proposed changes to all the items. Conclusion: We present updated STROCSS 2021 guidelines to ensure ongoing good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery.
AB - Introduction: Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines. Methods: A STROCSS 2021 steering group was formed to come up with proposals to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines. An expert panel of researchers assessed these proposals and judged whether they should become part of STROCSS 2021 guidelines or not, through a Delphi consensus exercise. Results: 42 people (89%) completed the DELPHI survey and hence participated in the development of STROCSS 2021 guidelines. All items received a score between 7 and 9 by greater than 70% of the participants, indicating a high level of agreement among the DELPHI group members with the proposed changes to all the items. Conclusion: We present updated STROCSS 2021 guidelines to ensure ongoing good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery.
KW - Case-control studies
KW - Cohort studies
KW - Cross-sectional studies
KW - Reporting guideline
KW - STROCSS
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijso.2021.100430
DO - 10.1016/j.ijso.2021.100430
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85120404268
SN - 2405-8572
VL - 37
JO - International Journal of Surgery Open
JF - International Journal of Surgery Open
M1 - 100430
ER -