Publication guidelines and prior registrations

Texto & Contexto Enfermagem supports the clinical trial registration policies of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), recognizing the importance of these initiatives for the international registration and dissemination of information on clinical trials in open access. Therefore, only clinical research manuscripts that have received an identification number in one of the Clinical Trial Registries validated by the criteria established by WHO and ICMJE, and whose addresses are available on the ICMJE website, will be accepted for publication. The identification number should be recorded at the end of the abstract.

Randomized controlled trials, Systematic reviews, Meta-analyzes, Observational studies in epidemiology may be registered at:

The entities that register clinical trials according to ICMJE criteria are:
Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR)
ClinicalTrials.gov
International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number (ISRCTN)
Nederlands Trial Register (NTR)
UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR)
WHO International Clinical Trials Registry Platform (ICTRP)
Registro Brasileiro de Ensaios Clínicos  (ReBEC)

Texto & Contexto Enfermagem recommends the prospective recording of the systematic review protocol in a recognized database (such as PROSPERO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Open Science Framework, and Research Registry). The main items of the review protocol are recorded and maintained permanently. Systematic reviews must be recorded at the beginning (i.e., in the protocol development phase) to help avoid unplanned duplication of studies and to allow for the comparison of the published review methods with what was previously planned in the protocol.

Texto & Contexto Enfermagem advocates initiatives aimed at improving the presentation of results of scientific studies by encouraging authors to use international guidelines in the preparation of articles of randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyzes, observational studies in epidemiology and qualitative studies. International guides are composed of checklist and flowcharts published in international declarations. Its use in preparing the manuscript may increase the potential for publication and, once published, increase the use of the reference in subsequent research.

 

Researches/Trials

International Guidelines

Randomized clinical trial - CONSORT

Systematic reviews and meta-analyzes - PRISMA

Observational studies in epidemiology - STROBE

Qualitative studies - COREQ

Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence - SQUIRE 2.0

 

Translation studies and instrument validation studies
In the English and Spanish versions, translation studies and instrument validation studies should preserve the instrument items in Portuguese, the language in which the study was carried out.