Bart's Health NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Imperial College School of Medicine, London, UK.
Int J Surg. 2019 Dec;72:156-165. doi: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2019.11.002. Epub 2019 Nov 6.
The STROCSS guideline was developed in 2017 to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery. Building on its impact and usefulness, we sought to update the guidelines two years after its publication.
A steering group was formed to review the existing guideline and propose amendments to the 17-item checklist. A Delphi consensus exercise was utilised to determine agreement across a list of proposed modifications to the STROCSS 2017 guideline. An expert panel of 46 surgeons were invited to assess the proposed updates via Google Forms.
The response rate was 91% (n = 42/46). High agreement was reached across all the items and the guideline was finalised in the first round. The checklist maintained 17-items, with modifications primarily considered to improve content and readability.
The STROCSS 2019 guideline is hereby presented as a considered update to improve reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery.
STROCSS 指南于 2017 年制定,旨在提高外科领域观察性研究的报告质量。在其产生影响和具有实用性的基础上,我们在发布后两年寻求对指南进行更新。
成立了一个指导小组来审查现有的指南,并对 17 项清单提出修改建议。利用德尔菲共识法对 STROCSS 2017 指南的一系列修改建议进行了跨领域的一致性评估。邀请了 46 名外科专家小组通过谷歌表单评估拟议的更新。
响应率为 91%(n=42/46)。所有项目都达成了高度一致,指南在第一轮就定稿了。清单保持 17 项不变,主要考虑对内容和可读性进行修改。
现提出 STROCSS 2019 指南作为经过深思熟虑的更新,以提高外科领域队列研究、横断面研究和病例对照研究的报告质量。