《神经系统疾病报告标准（STROND）清单的制定：神经流行病学中发病率和患病率研究报告的指南》。

Development of the Standards of Reporting of Neurological Disorders (STROND) checklist: A guideline for the reporting of incidence and prevalence studies in neuroepidemiology.

机构信息

From the Nuffield Department of Population Health (D.A.B.) and Stroke Prevention Research Unit (P.M.R.), University of Oxford; Department of Public Health and Primary Care (C.B.), University of Cambridge, UK; National Institute for Stroke and Applied Neurosciences (V.L.F.), AUT University, Auckland; Department of Psychology (S.B.-C.), University of Auckland, New Zealand; Department for Clinical Medicine and Preventive Medicine (M.B.), Danube-University, Krems, Austria; Faculty of Population Health Sciences (D.D.), University College London; Centre of Primary Care and Public Health (V.G.), Blizard Institute, Queen Mary, University of London, UK; Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Hotchkiss Brain Institute (N.J.), Department of Community Health Sciences and O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Canada; Research Group Epidemiological and Statistical Methods (A.K.), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany; Georgetown University (J.F.K.), Washington, DC; Vascular Neurology and Stroke Unit (P.M.L.), Neurology Service, Department of Medicine, Clínica Alemana de Santiago, Universidad del Desarrollo and Department of Neurological Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Institute of Neurosurgery, Santiago; Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit (G.L.), Department of Basic Medicine, Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University Aldo Moro, Bari; Department of Clinical Research in Neurology presso Fondazione Card Panico (G.L.), Tricase (LE), University Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Institute of Epidemiology and Medical Biometry (G.N.), University of Ulm, Germany; Institute of Tropical Neurology (P.-M.P.), University of Limoges, France; and School of Public Health (L.W.S.), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

出版信息

Neurology. 2015 Sep 1;85(9):821-8. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001866. Epub 2015 Jul 10.

DOI:10.1212/WNL.0000000000001866

PMID:26163431

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Incidence and prevalence studies of neurologic disorders play an important role in assessing the burden of disease and planning services. However, the assessment of disease estimates is hindered by problems in reporting for such studies. Despite a growth in published reports, existing guidelines relate to analytical rather than descriptive epidemiologic studies. There are also no user-friendly tools (e.g., checklists) available for authors, editors, and peer reviewers to facilitate best practice in reporting of descriptive epidemiologic studies for most neurologic disorders.

OBJECTIVE

The Standards of Reporting of Neurological Disorders (STROND) is a guideline that consists of recommendations and a checklist to facilitate better reporting of published incidence and prevalence studies of neurologic disorders.

METHODS

A review of previously developed guidance was used to produce a list of items required for incidence and prevalence studies in neurology. A 3-round Delphi technique was used to identify the "basic minimum items" important for reporting, as well as some additional "ideal reporting items." An e-consultation process was then used in order to gauge opinion by external neuroepidemiologic experts on the appropriateness of the items included in the checklist.

FINDINGS

Of 38 candidate items, 15 items and accompanying recommendations were developed along with a user-friendly checklist.

CONCLUSIONS

The introduction and use of the STROND checklist should lead to more consistent, transparent, and contextualized reporting of descriptive neuroepidemiologic studies resulting in more applicable and comparable findings and ultimately support better health care decisions.

摘要

背景

神经疾病的发病率和患病率研究在评估疾病负担和规划服务方面发挥着重要作用。然而，由于此类研究报告存在问题，疾病估计的评估受到阻碍。尽管发表的报告有所增加，但现有的指南仅涉及分析性而非描述性的流行病学研究。也没有方便用户使用的工具（例如检查表）供作者、编辑和同行评审者在报告大多数神经疾病的描述性流行病学研究时使用，以促进最佳实践。