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 2011 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions (RG-MBI) were developed to improve transparency and reporting quality of published research. Despite growing awareness of the guidelines, problems with MBI reporting quality have remained persistent.
To address problems with uptake and usage, Sheri Robb, PhD, convened an interdisciplinary group of MBI researchers to update and validate the 2011 guidelines using a rigorous Delphi approach.
The revised RG-MBI checklist and guidance statement are currently under review and will be available here an as open access documents in Spring 2025.
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.
