STROCSS 2021: Strengthening the reporting of cohort, cross-sectional and case-control studies in surgery

Mathew G 1 , Agha R , Albrecht J , Goel P , Mukherjee I , Pai P Show all authors , D'Cruz AK , Nixon IJ , Roberto K , Enam SA , Basu S , Muensterer OJ , Giordano S , Pagano D , Machado-Aranda D , Bradley PJ , Bashashati M , Thoma A , Afifi RY , Johnston M , Challacombe B , Ngu JC , Chalkoo M , Raveendran K , Hoffman JR , Kirshtein B , Lau WY , Thorat MA , Miguel D , Beamish AJ , Roy G , Healy D , Ather HM , Raja SG , Mei Z , Manning TG , Kasivisvanathan V , Rivas JG , Coppola R , Ekser B , Karanth VL , Kadioglu H , Valmasoni M , Noureldin A , STROCSS Group

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  • 1 Cook County Health, United States All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Staten Island University Hospital, Northwell Health, United States Tata Memorial Hospital, India Apollo Hospitals, India NHS Lothian, United Kingdom Hospital Simplemente Evita, Argentina Aga Khan University, Pakistan All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Germany Turku University Hospital, Finland IRCCS-ISMETT, Italy UPMC, United States University of Michigan, United States Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queen's Medical Centre Campus, United Kingdom Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, United States McMaster University, Canada Cairo University, Egypt Salisbury District Hospital, United Kingdom Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom Changi General Hospital, Singapore Government Medical College, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India Fatimah Hospital, Malaysia UCLA, United States HaSharon Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva, Israel Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, United Kingdom School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, King's College London, United Kingdom Guy's Hospital, United Kingdom Cuf Descobertas Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal Swansea University Medical School, Swansea University, United Kingdom Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Ireland Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan Harefield Hospital, London, United Kingdom Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China Austin Health, Australia University College London, United Kingdom Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital of Rome, Italy Department of Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, United States Kasturba Medical College and Hospital, Manipal, India BHT Clinic, Turkey Yeniyuzyil University Medical Faculty, Turkey Padova University Hospital, Italy Almana Hospital, Saudi Arabia York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, United Kingdom Harley Clinic, London, United Kingdom
Int J Surg, 2021 Dec;96:106165.
PMID: 34774726 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2021.106165

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Strengthening The Reporting Of Cohort Studies in Surgery (STROCSS) guidelines were developed in 2017 in order to improve the reporting quality of observational studies in surgery and updated in 2019. In order to maintain relevance and continue upholding good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery, we aimed to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines.

METHODS: A STROCSS 2021 steering group was formed to come up with proposals to update STROCSS 2019 guidelines. An expert panel of researchers assessed these proposals and judged whether they should become part of STROCSS 2021 guidelines or not, through a Delphi consensus exercise.

RESULTS: 42 people (89%) completed the DELPHI survey and hence participated in the development of STROCSS 2021 guidelines. All items received a score between 7 and 9 by greater than 70% of the participants, indicating a high level of agreement among the DELPHI group members with the proposed changes to all the items.

CONCLUSION: We present updated STROCSS 2021 guidelines to ensure ongoing good reporting quality among observational studies in surgery.

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