[Registration of national health registry-based research].

Abstract

In medical research as a whole, frequent inaccurate or biased findings are of international concern. One measure against reporting biases is study registration before the start of data collection (preregistration), preferably together with the statistical analysis plan. This meta-research study systematically evaluated registration of Swedish observational research based on national health registries. In a random sample of registry-based observational studies published 2010-2022, very few were preregistered with a publicly available analysis plan (<1 procent). Ideas from the meta-research literature can be leveraged to strengthen the brand of Swedish registry-based observational studies and counteract reporting bias.