Reporting of test comparisons in diagnostic accuracy studies: A literature review.

ABSTRACT: Comparative accuracy studies evaluate the relative performance of two or more diagnostic tests. As any other form of research, such studies should be reported in an informative manner, to allow replication and to be useful for decision-making. In this study we aimed to assess whether and how components of test comparisons were reported in comparative accuracy studies. We evaluated 100 comparative accuracy studies, published in 2015, 2016 or 2017, randomly sampled from 238 comparative accuracy systematic reviews. We extracted information on 20 reporting items, pertaining to the identification of the test comparison, its validity, and the actual results of the comparison. About a third of the studies (n = 36) did not report the comparison as a study objective or hypothesis. Although most stu

SUBMITTER: Vali Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8246725 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature