Department of Preventive and Restorative Dentistry, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.
Division of Restorative Dentistry, Dublin Dental University Hospital, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
Int Endod J. 2023 Jun;56(6):652-685. doi: 10.1111/iej.13909. Epub 2023 Mar 20.
Observational studies play a critical role in evaluating the prevalence and incidence of conditions or diseases in populations as well as in defining the benefits and potential hazards of health-related interventions. There are currently no reporting guidelines for observational studies in the field of Endodontics. The Preferred Reporting Items for study Designs in Endodontology (PRIDE) team has developed and published new reporting guidelines for observational-based studies called the 'Preferred Reporting items for OBservational studies in Endodontics (PROBE) 2023' guidelines. The PROBE 2023 guidelines were developed exclusively for the speciality of Endodontics by integrating and adapting the 'STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology (STROBE)' checklist and the 'Clinical and Laboratory Images in Publications (CLIP)' principles. The recommendations of the Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines were adhered to throughout the process of developing the guidelines. The purpose of this document is to serve as a guide for authors by providing an explanation for each of the items in the PROBE 2023 checklist along with relevant examples from the literature. The document also offers advice to authors on how they can address each item in their manuscript before submission to a journal. The PROBE 2023 checklist is freely accessible and downloadable from the PRIDE website (http://pride-endodonticguidelines.org/probe/).
观察性研究在评估人群中疾病或病症的患病率和发病率以及确定与健康相关的干预措施的益处和潜在危害方面起着至关重要的作用。目前，牙髓学领域没有观察性研究的报告指南。牙髓学研究设计的首选报告项目（PRIDE）小组为基于观察的研究制定并发布了新的报告指南，称为“牙髓学观察性研究的首选报告项目（PROBE）2023 指南”。PROBE 2023 指南是专门为牙髓学专业制定的，通过整合和改编“加强流行病学观察性研究报告的 STROBE（STrengthening the Reporting of OBservational studies in Epidemiology）”清单和“出版物中的临床和实验室图像（CLIP）”原则。在制定指南的过程中，始终遵循健康研究报告指南制定者指南的建议。本文档的目的是通过为 PROBE 2023 清单中的每个项目提供解释，并结合文献中的相关示例，为作者提供指南。本文档还就作者如何在提交给期刊之前在稿件中处理每个项目提供了建议。PROBE 2023 清单可从 PRIDE 网站（http://pride-endodonticguidelines.org/probe/）免费获取和下载。
