Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

MMG Leeflang; JJ Deeks; C Gatsonis; PMM Bossuyt; B Aertgeerts; D Altman; G Antes; L Bachmann; H Buchner; P Bunting; F Buntinx; J Craig; R D'Amico; R de Vet; J Doust; M Egger; A Eisinga; G Fillipini; Y Flack-Ytter; A Glas; P Glasziou; F Grossenbacher; R Harbord; J Hilden; L Hooft; H Horvath; C Hyde; L Irwig; M Kjeldstrøm; P Macaskill; S Mallett; R Mitchell; THM Moore; R Moustgaard; W Oosterhuis; M Pai; P Paliwal; D Pewsner; H Reitsma; J Riis; I Riphagen; A Rutjes; R Scholten; N Smidt; J Sterne; Y Takwoingi; D van der Windt; V Vlassov; J Watine; P Whiting

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Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy

MMG Leeflang, JJ Deeks, C Gatsonis, PMM Bossuyt, B Aertgeerts, D Altman, G Antes, L Bachmann, H Buchner, P Bunting, F Buntinx, J Craig, R D'Amico, R de Vet, J Doust, M Egger, A Eisinga, G Fillipini, Y Flack-Ytter, A GlasP Glasziou, F Grossenbacher, R Harbord, J Hilden, L Hooft, H Horvath, C Hyde, L Irwig, M Kjeldstrøm, P Macaskill, S Mallett, R Mitchell, THM Moore, R Moustgaard, W Oosterhuis, M Pai, P Paliwal, D Pewsner, H Reitsma, J Riis, I Riphagen, A Rutjes, R Scholten, N Smidt, J Sterne, Y Takwoingi, D van der Windt, V Vlassov, J Watine, P Whiting

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More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published, but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the recent developments in the methodology for conducting systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Restrictive electronic search filters are discouraged, as is the use of summary quality scores. Methods for meta-analysis should take into account the paired nature of the estimates and their dependence on threshold. Authors of these reviews are advised to use the hierarchical summary receiver-operating characteristic or the bivariate model for the data analysis. Challenges that remain are the poor reporting of original diagnostic test accuracy studies and difficulties with the interpretation of the results of diagnostic test accuracy research.

Translated title of the contribution	Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	889 - 897
Number of pages	9
Journal	Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume	149 (12)
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00008
Publication status	Published - Dec 2008

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Leeflang, MMG., Deeks, JJ., Gatsonis, C., Bossuyt, PMM., Aertgeerts, B., Altman, D., Antes, G., Bachmann, L., Buchner, H., Bunting, P., Buntinx, F., Craig, J., D'Amico, R., de Vet, R., Doust, J., Egger, M., Eisinga, A., Fillipini, G., Flack-Ytter, Y., ... Whiting, P. (2008). Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy. Annals of Internal Medicine, 149 (12), 889 - 897. https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-149-12-200812160-00008

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