One of the fundamental principles of health research integrity is that research methods and results should be completely and transparently reported.Clear, detailed reporting allows the reader to understand how a study was designed and conducted, to judge the reliability of its findings and the reproducibility of its methods, and to use the tested interventions in their clinical practice.[1][2][3] The way in which research results are reported, therefore, can have a direct impact on patients' lives.4 As the late Professor Douglas Altman said, 'Readers should not have to infer what was probably done, they should be told explicitly'.5 Reporting guidelines were created to help researchers write reports that contain the minimum set of information necessary to allow readers to clearly understand what was done and found in a study and facilitate a formal risk of bias assessment (using tools such as the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool or QUADAS).Complete reporting can also allow replication of study methods and procedures.A reporting guideline is 'a checklist, flow diagram, or explicit text to guide authors in reporting a specific type of research, developed using explicit methodology'.6 Following the publication of the first reporting guideline for clinical trials, CONSORT, in 1996, 7 multiple reporting guidelines have been published, covering a range of study designs (eg,
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