There is notable heterogeneity in how clinical and phenotypic data are measured by mental
health researchers. There is a proliferation of self-report measures (eg, over 280 for …

Conversations about open science have reached the mainstream, yet many open science
practices such as data sharing remain uncommon. Our efforts towards openness therefore …

Purpose Reporting guidelines facilitate quality and completeness in research reporting. The
CONsolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) statement is widely applied to …

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an increasingly common psychiatric illness associated
with a high risk of insufficient physical activity, which in turn is associated with negative …

Objectives To identify, summarize, and analyse comments on the core reporting guidelines
for protocols of randomized trials (Standard Protocol Items: Recommendations for …

Objective To identify practices that add value to improve the design, conduct, and reporting
of child health research and reduce research waste. Study design In order to categorize the …

Abstract An estimated 82–89% of ecological research and 85% of medical research has
limited or no value to the end user because of various inefficiencies. We argue that …

Aim Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults.
Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) inform HF policy and practice, but the accurate …

Clinical trials are routinely preregistered. In psychology and the social sciences, however,
only a small percentage of studies are preregistered, and those preregistrations often …

Well-designed, properly conducted and reported randomized clinical trials (RCTs) provide
reliable evidence needed for advancing medical interventions and improving health …