Strobe

STROBE is the acronym for "Strengthening the Reporting of Observational studies in Epidemiology" and includes guidelines for reporting in observational studies (non-interventional studies). STROBE is now recognised as an international standard for the publication of epidemiological studies (cohort, case-control or cross-sectional studies), so that non-observance of the guideline leads to the rejection of submitted articles in scientific journals. The aim is to avoid incomplete or deficient reporting. Furthermore, there should be transparency about the planned study objectives and the results found

STROBE was prepared by the editors of medical journals with the participation of epidemiologists, scientists, editors and statisticians and aims to improve the quality of reports in observational studies and to standardize reports. STROBE is a constantly evolving process initiated in 2004. STROBE has developed a checklist of 22 items to be included in reports on observational studies:

• Title and Abstract
• Introduction
• Background / Rationale
• Objective
• Methods
• Study design
• Frame / Setting
• Study participants Variables
• Data sources / measurement methods
• Bias
• Study size
• Quantitative variables
• Statistical methods
• Results
• Participants
• Descriptive statistics
• Result data
• Main results
• Further evaluations
• Discussion
• Main results
• Restrictions
• Interpretation
• Transferability
• Additional Information
• Funding