The EQUATOR Network defines a reporting guideline as a minimum list of information needed to ensure a published manuscript can be understood, replicated, used to inform clinical decisions and included in systematic reviews.
The original Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions (2011) were developed to improve transparency and reporting quality of published research. Despite growing awareness of the guidelines, problems with music-based intervention (MBI) reporting quality have remained persistent suggesting limited uptake and usage.
To address these problems, Sheri Robb, PhD, convened an interdisciplinary group of researchers to update and validate the 2011 guidelines using a rigorous Delphi approach.
The revised Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions (RG-MBI) checklist and guidance statement are now available as open access articles.
We recommend that authors, journal editors and reviewers use the RG-MBI guidelines, in conjunction with methods-based guidelines (e.g., CONSORT) to accelerate and improve the scientific rigor of MBI research.
This work was funded by the Walther Cancer Foundation.
