Table 1

Examples of websites for complementary hand-searches

Guideline developer(s) groupRelevant URL
AGREE http://www.agreetrust.org/resource-centre/agree-reporting-checklist/
ARRIVE—National Centre for the Replacement Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/arrive-guidelines
CARE statement https://www.care-statement.org/
CHEERS statement—International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research https://www.ispor.org/Health-Economic-Evaluation-Publication-CHEERS-Guidelines.asp
CIRCLe SMT http://www.circle-smt.com/
CONSORT statement http://www.consort-statement.org/
CORE reference http://www.core-reference.org/
EQUATOR Network http://www.equator-network.org/
Gather statement http://gather-statement.org/
MORECare https://www.kcl.ac.uk/nursing/departments/cicelysaunders/research/studies/morecare.aspx
ORION statement https://www.ucl.ac.uk/amr/Reporting_Guidelines/ORION
PRISMA statement http://www.prisma-statement.org/
PROCESS statement https://www.processguideline.com/
RAMESES http://www.ramesesproject.org/
RECORD statement http://record-statement.org/
REFLECT statement http://www.reflect-statement.org/
RIGHT statement http://www.right-statement.org/
RRID https://www.force11.org/group/resource-identification-initiative/
SCARE statement https://www.scareguideline.com/
SCRIBE guideline http://sydney.edu.au/medicine/research/scribe/
SPIRIT statement http://www.spirit-statement.org/
SQUIRE statement http://www.squire-statement.org/
STARD statement http://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/stard/
STRICTA statement http://www.stricta.info/
STROBE statement https://www.strobe-statement.org/
STROCSS Guideline https://www.strocssguideline.com/
TREND statement https://www.cdc.gov/trendstatement/
TRIPOD Statement https://www.tripod-statement.org/

  • Last search of URLs in 2 January 2019.

  • AGREE, Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation; ARRIVE, Animal Research: Reporting of In Vivo Experiments; CARE, CAse REport; CHEERS, Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Reporting Standards; CIRCLe SMT, Consensus on Interventions Reporting Criteria List for Spinal Manipulative Therapy; CORE, Clarity and Openness in Reporting; CONSORT, Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials; EQUATOR, Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research; GATHER, Guidelines for Accurate and Transparent Health Estimates Reporting; MORECare, Methods of Researching End of life Care; ORION, Outbreak Reports and Intervention Studies of Nosocomial Infection; PROCESS, Preferred Reporting of Case Series in Surgery; PRISMA, Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses; REFLECT, Reporting Guidelines for Randomised Controlled Trials for Livestock and Food Safety; RIGHT, Essential Reporting Items for Practice Guidelines in Healthcare; RRID, Resource Identification Initiative; SCARE, Surgical Case Reports Guidelines; SCRIBE, Single-Case Reporting Guideline in Behavioural Interventions; SPIRIT, Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for Interventional Trials; SQUIRE, Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence; STROCSS, Strengthening the Reporting of Cohort Studies in Surgery; STARD, Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy; STROBE, Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology; TREND, Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Non-randomised Designs; TRIPOD, Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual Prognosis Or Diagnosis.