Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed

TY - JOUR

T1 - Guidelines for Reporting Reliability and Agreement Studies (GRRAS) were proposed

AU - Kottner, Jan

AU - Audigé, Laurent

AU - Brorson, Stig

AU - Donner, Allan

AU - Gajewski, Byron J

AU - Hróbjartsson, Asbjørn

AU - Roberts, Chris

AU - Shoukri, Mohamed

AU - Streiner, David L

N1 - Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

PY - 2011/1

Y1 - 2011/1

N2 - Objective: Results of reliability and agreement studies are intended to provide information about the amount of error inherent in any diagnosis, score, or measurement. The level of reliability and agreement among users of scales, instruments, or classifications is widely unknown. Therefore, there is a need for rigorously conducted interrater and intrarater reliability and agreement studies. Information about sample selection, study design, and statistical analysis is often incomplete. Because of inadequate reporting, interpretation and synthesis of study results are often difficult. Widely accepted criteria, standards, or guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement in the health care and medical field are lacking. The objective was to develop guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies. Study Design and Setting: Eight experts in reliability and agreement investigation developed guidelines for reporting. Results: Fifteen issues that should be addressed when reliability and agreement are reported are proposed. The issues correspond to the headings usually used in publications. Conclusion: The proposed guidelines intend to improve the quality of reporting.

AB - Objective: Results of reliability and agreement studies are intended to provide information about the amount of error inherent in any diagnosis, score, or measurement. The level of reliability and agreement among users of scales, instruments, or classifications is widely unknown. Therefore, there is a need for rigorously conducted interrater and intrarater reliability and agreement studies. Information about sample selection, study design, and statistical analysis is often incomplete. Because of inadequate reporting, interpretation and synthesis of study results are often difficult. Widely accepted criteria, standards, or guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement in the health care and medical field are lacking. The objective was to develop guidelines for reporting reliability and agreement studies. Study Design and Setting: Eight experts in reliability and agreement investigation developed guidelines for reporting. Results: Fifteen issues that should be addressed when reliability and agreement are reported are proposed. The issues correspond to the headings usually used in publications. Conclusion: The proposed guidelines intend to improve the quality of reporting.

KW - Clinical Trials as Topic, Guidelines as Topic, Health Services Research, Humans, Observer Variation, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Reproducibility of Results, Research Design

U2 - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.002

DO - 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2010.03.002

M3 - Journal article

SN - 0895-4356

VL - 64

SP - 96

EP - 106

JO - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

JF - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

IS - 1

ER -