Table 3 Proposed interventions during study design and conduct to reduce risk of bias
From: Reducing risk of bias in interventional studies during their design and conduct: a scoping review
Proposed interventions | Examples of implementation |
|---|---|
Guidelines | Organisations such as the EQUATOR Network provide tutorials and resources on various reporting guidelines and are dedicated to raising awareness of the guidelines amongst researchers [65,66,67] |
Training/education | Develop researcher’s ability to design a study, write a protocol and conduct a study through training courses, workshops, seminars and other educational initiatives [68] |
Initiatives | Open Science Initiative works to increase the transparency and sharing of clinical research data [69]; which may reduce questionable research practices [70] |
Regulation/mandatory rules | Enforcement of requirements for prospective registration of studies [71] |