The Single-Case Reporting Guideline In BEhavioural Interventions (SCRIBE) 2016 Statement.
Robyn L Tate, Michael Perdices, Ulrike Rosenkoetter and 23 others
PMID 27499422WHAT IT FOUND
SCRIBE 2016 sets 26 minimum reporting items for single-case experimental design studies in behavioural sciences.
It was developed through expert ratings and a consensus meeting, not from patient outcome trials.
Key findings
01SCRIBE 2016 is a 26-item minimum reporting checklist for single-case experimental designs.
02The final items were agreed at a consensus meeting attended by 16 experts.
03The checklist is intended for authors, reviewers, and editors to report or evaluate single-case research.
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What it does not show
This is a reporting guideline, not a clinical trial or intervention study, so it does not show whether any single-case treatment helps patients. The Delphi survey relied on experts selected from published work and steering committee recommendations, and only 40 of 65 consenting experts completed both rounds. The final checklist was agreed by 16 experts at a consensus meeting, not by a broad patient or clinician sample. The paper does not report whether journals or authors actually used the checklist after publication.
Declared interests
The Lifetime Care and Support Authority of New South Wales, Australia funded the project, and the funder was not involved in the conduct, interpretation or writing of the work. The paper also states that Lyndsey Nickels was funded by Australian Research Council fellowships and centre grants.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read SCRIBE 2016 as evidence that a single-case intervention works. It is a consensus-based reporting checklist, not a trial of patient outcomes.