Simera Iveta, Moher David, Hoey John, Schulz Kenneth F, Altman Douglas G
Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, UK.
Maturitas. 2009 May 20;63(1):4-6. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2009.03.011. Epub 2009 Apr 15.
Poorly reported research seriously undermines the usability of reported findings and misleads clinicians, researchers, policy makers and, ultimately, patients. Guidelines for reporting health research are available but they are not widely used. The EQUATOR Network is an international initiative that aims to systematically tackle the problems of poor reporting. The main goals of the EQUATOR Network are to improve the clarity, completeness and transparency of scientific publications by providing resources and education relating to the reporting of health research and assisting in the development, dissemination and implementation of robust reporting guidelines.
报告质量差的研究严重损害了所报告研究结果的可用性，并误导了临床医生、研究人员、政策制定者，最终还会误导患者。虽然有报告健康研究的指南，但它们并未得到广泛应用。EQUATOR网络是一项国际倡议，旨在系统性地解决报告质量差的问题。EQUATOR网络的主要目标是通过提供与健康研究报告相关的资源和教育，并协助制定、传播和实施完善的报告指南，来提高科学出版物的清晰度、完整性和透明度。
