White, Richard G; Hakim, Avi J; Salganik, Matthew J; Spiller, Michael W; Johnston, Lisa G; Kerr, Ligia; Kendall, Carl; Drake, Amy; Wilson, David; Orroth, Kate; Egger, Matthias; Hladik, Wolfgang (2015). Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology for respondent-driven sampling studies: "STROBE-RDS" statement. Journal of clinical epidemiology, 68(12), pp. 1463-1471. Elsevier 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.04.002
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OBJECTIVES
Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a new data collection methodology used to estimate characteristics of hard-to-reach groups, such as the HIV prevalence in drug users. Many national public health systems and international organizations rely on RDS data. However, RDS reporting quality and available reporting guidelines are inadequate. We carried out a systematic review of RDS studies and present Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology for RDS Studies (STROBE-RDS), a checklist of essential items to present in RDS publications, justified by an explanation and elaboration document.
STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING
We searched the MEDLINE (1970-2013), EMBASE (1974-2013), and Global Health (1910-2013) databases to assess the number and geographical distribution of published RDS studies. STROBE-RDS was developed based on STROBE guidelines, following Guidance for Developers of Health Research Reporting Guidelines.
RESULTS
RDS has been used in over 460 studies from 69 countries, including the USA (151 studies), China (70), and India (32). STROBE-RDS includes modifications to 12 of the 22 items on the STROBE checklist. The two key areas that required modification concerned the selection of participants and statistical analysis of the sample.
CONCLUSION
STROBE-RDS seeks to enhance the transparency and utility of research using RDS. If widely adopted, STROBE-RDS should improve global infectious diseases public health decision making.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Egger, Matthias |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health 300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 360 Social problems & social services |
ISSN: |
0895-4356 |
Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Doris Kopp Heim |
Date Deposited: |
11 Aug 2015 16:36 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:48 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.04.002 |
PubMed ID: |
26112433 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Biomedical research/methods; Cross-sectional studies; Epidemiologic research design; Epidemiologic studies; Guidelines as topic; Guidelines as topic/standards: Humans; Observation/methods; Practice guidelines as topic; Publishing/standards; Research design |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.70954 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/70954 |
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