Improving the Reporting of Primary Care Research: Consensus Reporting Items for Studies in Primary Care—the CRISP Statement



Researchers, journals, and research users across many fields recognize the need to improve research reporting and have developed research reporting guidelines to assist researchers. Many guidelines have been widely adopted, with potential benefits including more effective dissemination, translation, implementation of new knowledge, and reduction of research waste. The EQUATOR (Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research) network catalogs a growing number of guidelines for reporting health research (https://www.equator-network.org). Still, the bulk of the 500-plus guidelines pertain specifically to select methods, disciplines, topics, or focused specialties. Primary care (PC) researchers use a variety of reporting guidelines to cover the breadth of their interests, methods, and topics; however, no published guideline focuses directly on PC’s defining features and perspectives.



Read the full CRISP statement: Annals “Online First” article