Explanation and Elaboration Document for the STROBE-Vet Statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology - Veterinary Extension

A M O'Connor; J M Sargeant; I R Dohoo; H N Erb; M Cevallos; M Egger; A K Ersbøll; S W Martin; L R Nielsen; D L Pearl; D U Pfeiffer; J Sanchez; M E Torrence; H Vigre; C Waldner; M P Ward

doi:10.1111/zph.12315

Explanation and Elaboration Document for the STROBE-Vet Statement: Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology - Veterinary Extension

Zoonoses Public Health. 2016 Dec;63(8):662-698. doi: 10.1111/zph.12315. Epub 2016 Nov 22.

Authors

A M O'Connor¹, J M Sargeant^{2

3}, I R Dohoo⁴, H N Erb⁵, M Cevallos⁶, M Egger⁶, A K Ersbøll⁷, S W Martin³, L R Nielsen⁸, D L Pearl³, D U Pfeiffer⁹, J Sanchez¹⁰, M E Torrence¹¹, H Vigre¹², C Waldner¹³, M P Ward¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA.
² Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
³ Department of Population Medicine, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, ON, Canada.
⁴ Centre for Veterinary Epidemiological Research, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.
⁵ Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
⁶ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
⁷ National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Section for Animal Welfare and Disease Control, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁹ Department of Production and Population Health, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Health Management, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada.
¹¹ Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, College Park, MD, USA.
¹² National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark.
¹³ Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
¹⁴ Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

PMID: 27873473
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12315

Abstract

The STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology) statement was first published in 2007 and again in 2014. The purpose of the original STROBE was to provide guidance for authors, reviewers and editors to improve the comprehensiveness of reporting; however, STROBE has a unique focus on observational studies. Although much of the guidance provided by the original STROBE document is directly applicable, it was deemed useful to map those statements to veterinary concepts, provide veterinary examples and highlight unique aspects of reporting in veterinary observational studies. Here, we present the examples and explanations for the checklist items included in the STROBE-Vet Statement. Thus, this is a companion document to the STROBE-Vet Statement Methods and process document, which describes the checklist and how it was developed.

Keywords: Case control study; cohort study; cross-sectional study; observational study; reporting guidelines.

MeSH terms

Animal Husbandry / standards
Animals
Animals, Domestic
Epidemiology / standards*
Observational Studies as Topic / standards*
Research / standards*
Veterinary Medicine / methods
Veterinary Medicine / standards