A call for consensus guidelines on classification and reporting of methodological studies

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ² Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Departments of Paediatrics and Anaesthesia, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Centre for Evaluation of Medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
• ³ Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Biostatistics Unit, Father Sean O'Sullivan Research Centre, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Centre for the Development of Best Practices in Health, Yaoundé, Cameroon. Electronic address: mbuagblc@mcmaster.ca.