Has the STARD statement improved the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies published in European Radiology?

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate whether encouraging authors to follow the Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) guidelines improves the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies.

Methods

In mid-2017, European Radiology started encouraging its authors to follow the STARD guidelines. Our MEDLINE search identified 114 diagnostic accuracy studies published in European Radiology in 2015 and 2019. The quality of reporting was evaluated by two independent reviewers using the revised STARD statement. Item 11 was excluded because a meaningful decision about adherence was not possible. Student's t test for independent samples was used to analyze differences in the mean number of reported STARD items between studies published in 2015 and in 2019. In addition, we calcu

SUBMITTER: Stahl AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362582 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature