caa a22 4500 378869701 CHVBK 20180305123406.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161128e20030127xx s 000 0 eng 10.1515/CCLM.2003.012 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)gruyter-10.1515/CCLM.2003.012 Towards Complete and Accurate Reporting ofStudies of Diagnostic Accuracy: The STARDInitiative [Elektronische Daten] [Patrick M. Bossuyt, Johannes B. Reitsma, David E. Bruns, Constantine A. Gatsonis, Paul P. Glasziou, Les M. Irwig, Jeroen G. Lijmer, Drummond Rennie David Moher, Henrica C.W. de Vet] Objective - 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 generalisability. Methods - The Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) 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 organisations shortened this list during a two-day consensus meeting with the goal of developing a checklist and a generic flow diagram for studies of diagnostic accuracy. Results - 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 25 items, using evidence on bias 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. Conclusions - 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. Copyright © 2003 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG Medical equipment & techniques nationallicence Medical diagnosis nationallicence Diseases & disorders nationallicence Bossuyt Patrick M. aut Reitsma Johannes B. aut E. Bruns David aut Gatsonis Constantine A. aut Glasziou Paul P. aut Irwig Les M. aut Lijmer Jeroen G. aut David Moher Drummond Rennie aut de Vet Henrica C.W. aut Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Walter de Gruyter 41/1(2003-01-27), 68-73 1434-6621 41:1<68 2003 41 cclm https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2003.012 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1515/CCLM.2003.012 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bossuyt Patrick M. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Reitsma Johannes B. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- E. Bruns David aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gatsonis Constantine A. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Glasziou Paul P. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Irwig Les M. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lijmer Jeroen G. aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- David Moher Drummond Rennie aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Vet Henrica C.W. aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Walter de Gruyter 41/1(2003-01-27), 68-73 1434-6621 41:1<68 2003 41 cclm CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 378869701 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-gruyter