1. Non-randomised trials of public health interventions
   TREND (Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs) statement

Reference: Improving the reporting quality of nonrandomized evaluations of behavioral and public health interventions  (Des Jarlais et al., 2004)

 

2. Empirical research in education: AERA (American Educational Research Association) Standards

Reference: Standards for reporting on empirical social science research in AERA publications (AERA, 2006)

 

3. Content of behavioural change interventions
   WIDER (Workgroup for Intervention Development and Evaluation Research) group recommendations to improve reporting of the content of behaviour change interventions
   Reference: Development of a checklist to assess the quality of reporting of knowledge translation interventions using the Workgroup for Intervention Development and Evaluation Research (WIDER) recommendations (Albrecht, et al., 2013)

 

4. Alcohol Outcome Studies Coding Sheet

Reference: Improving the quality of reporting alcohol outcome studies: Effects of the CONSORT statement (Ladd et al, 2010.)

 

5. Social and psychological intervention trials

A) Guidelines which cover RCTs – intended to address the limitations of existing guidelines, such as those listed under B), below.

 

CONSORT-SPI (an Extension for social and psychological interventions)

 

• Background paper: Developing a reporting guideline for social and psychological intervention trials (Mayo-Wilson, et al., 2013)

 

• Not currently included in CONSORT extensions list but the intention is to include it

 

• Guidelines are currently undergoing development and potential users are encouraged to contribute

 

• Official site for project description
• Official project site with linking for signing up to get involved

B) Guidelines that do not cover RCTs but instead, cover areas not covered by CONSORT statement or its extensions

Reporting of Primary Empirical Research Studies in Education (REPOSE) guidelines – draft for consultation

6. Mixed Research in the Field of Counseling and Beyond

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