TY - JOUR
T1 - Toward complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: The STARD initiative
AU - Bossuyt, Patrick M.
AU - Reitsma, Johannes B.
AU - Bruns, David E.
AU - Gatsonis, Constantine A.
AU - Glasziou, Paul P.
AU - Irwig, Les M.
AU - Lijmer, Jeroen G.
AU - Moher, David
AU - Rennie, Drummond
AU - De Vet, Henrica C.W.
PY - 2003/1/1
Y1 - 2003/1/1
N2 - Our objective was to improve the accuracy and completeness of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy, to allow readers to assess the potential for bias in the study, and to evaluate its generalizability. The Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Steering Committee searched the literature to identify publications on the appropriate conduct and reporting of diagnostic studies and extracted potential items into an extensive list. Researchers, editors, and members of professional organizations shortened this list during a 2-day consensus meeting with the goal of developing a checklist and a generic fiow diagram for studies of diagnostic accuracy. The search for published guidelines regarding diagnostic research yielded 33 previously published checklists, from which we extracted a list of 75 potential items. At the consensus meeting, participants shortened the list to a 25-item checklist, using evidence whenever available. A prototypical flow diagram provides information about the method of patient recruitment, the order of test execution, and the numbers of patients undergoing the test under evaluation, the reference standard, or both. Evaluation of research depends on complete and accurate reporting. If medical journals adopt the checklist and the flow diagram, the quality of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy should improve, to the advantage of clinicians, researchers, reviewers, journals, and the public.
AB - Our objective was to improve the accuracy and completeness of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy, to allow readers to assess the potential for bias in the study, and to evaluate its generalizability. The Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Steering Committee searched the literature to identify publications on the appropriate conduct and reporting of diagnostic studies and extracted potential items into an extensive list. Researchers, editors, and members of professional organizations shortened this list during a 2-day consensus meeting with the goal of developing a checklist and a generic fiow diagram for studies of diagnostic accuracy. The search for published guidelines regarding diagnostic research yielded 33 previously published checklists, from which we extracted a list of 75 potential items. At the consensus meeting, participants shortened the list to a 25-item checklist, using evidence whenever available. A prototypical flow diagram provides information about the method of patient recruitment, the order of test execution, and the numbers of patients undergoing the test under evaluation, the reference standard, or both. Evaluation of research depends on complete and accurate reporting. If medical journals adopt the checklist and the flow diagram, the quality of reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy should improve, to the advantage of clinicians, researchers, reviewers, journals, and the public.
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U2 - 10.1309/8EXCCM6YR1THUBAF
DO - 10.1309/8EXCCM6YR1THUBAF
M3 - Review article
C2 - 12520693
AN - SCOPUS:85047689214
SN - 0002-9173
VL - 119
SP - 18
EP - 22
JO - American Journal of Clinical Pathology
JF - American Journal of Clinical Pathology
IS - 1
ER -