Division of Clinical Dentistry, School of Dentistry, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Division of Restorative Dentistry, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Int Endod J. 2020 Sep;53(9):1199-1203. doi: 10.1111/iej.13318. Epub 2020 Jun 1.
Observational studies have a significant role in establishing the prevalence and incidence of diseases in populations, as well as determining the benefits and risks associated with health-related interventions. Observational studies principally encompass cohort, case-control, case series and cross-sectional designs. Inadequate reporting of observational studies is likely to have a negative impact on decision-making in day-to-day clinical practice; however, no reporting guidelines have been published for observational studies in Endodontics. The aim of this project is to develop reporting guidelines for authors when creating manuscripts describing observational studies in the field of Endodontology in an attempt to improve the quality of publications. The new guidelines for observational studies will be named: 'Preferred Reporting items for OBservational studies in Endodontics (PROBE)'. A steering committee was formed by the project leaders (PD, VN) to develop the guidelines through a five-phase consensus process. The steering committee will review and adapt items from the STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement and the Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications (CLIP) principles, as well as identify new items that add value to Endodontics. The steering committee will create a PROBE Delphi Group (PDG), consisting of 30 members across the globe to review and refine the draft checklist items and flowchart. The items will be assessed by the PDG on a nine-point Likert scale for relevance and inclusion. The agreed items will then be discussed by a PROBE Face-to-Face meeting group (PFMG) made up of 20 individuals to further refine the guidelines. After receiving feedback from the PFMG, the steering committee will pilot and finalize the guidelines. The approved PROBE guidelines will be disseminated through publication in relevant journals, and be presented at national and international conferences. The PROBE checklist and flowchart will be available and downloadable from the Preferred Reporting Items for study Designs in Endodontics (PRIDE) website: www.pride-endodonticguidelines.org. The PROBE steering committee encourages clinicians, researchers, editors and peer reviewers to provide feedback on the PROBE guidelines to inform the steering group when the guidelines are updated.
观察性研究在确定人群中疾病的患病率和发病率，以及确定与健康相关干预措施相关的益处和风险方面具有重要作用。观察性研究主要包括队列研究、病例对照研究、病例系列研究和横断面设计。观察性研究报告不充分可能对日常临床实践中的决策产生负面影响；然而，在牙髓学领域尚未发布观察性研究的报告指南。本项目旨在为作者制定描述牙髓学领域观察性研究的手稿时制定报告指南，以提高出版物的质量。新的观察性研究报告指南将命名为：“牙髓学中观察性研究的首选报告项目（PROBE）”。项目负责人（PD、VN）组成指导委员会，通过五阶段共识过程制定指南。指导委员会将审查和改编来自流行病学中观察性研究的强化报告（STROBE）声明和出版物中的临床和实验室图像（CLIP）原则中的项目，并确定对牙髓学有价值的新项目。指导委员会将创建一个 PROBE Delphi 小组（PDG），由全球 30 名成员组成，以审查和完善草案清单项目和流程图。PDG 将根据相关性和纳入性对项目进行九点李克特量表评估。然后，将由由 20 人组成的 PROBE 面对面会议小组（PFMG）讨论商定的项目，以进一步完善指南。在收到 PFMG 的反馈后，指导委员会将对指南进行试点并最终确定。批准的 PROBE 指南将通过在相关期刊上发表以及在国家和国际会议上介绍来传播。PROBE 清单和流程图将可在牙髓学研究设计的首选报告项目（PRIDE）网站上获得并下载：www.pride-endodonticguidelines.org。PROBE 指导委员会鼓励临床医生、研究人员、编辑和同行评审员提供 PROBE 指南的反馈，以便在指南更新时为指导小组提供信息。
