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Appraisal of: Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Bossuyt PM. Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;38(8):1383-1385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03570-7.
Appraisal of: Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Bossuyt PM. Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;38(8):1383-1385. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03570-7.
Reviewer(s):
Caroline Higgins
Julie Glanville
Full Reference:
Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Bossuyt PM. Diagnostic accuracy studies need more informative abstracts. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2019 Aug;38(8):1383-1385. doi: 10.1007/s10096-019-03570-7. PMID: 31049744.
Short description:
The authors of this letter outline the importance of complete reporting of diagnostic test study methods within abstracts to aid readers in determining the quality and relevance. Core elements identified include index test being studied, reference standard, and outcomes (i.e., sensitivity and specificity, predictive value, likelihood ratios). Authors encourage journals to adopt STARD for Abstracts guidelines to help authors ensure key details are identified in abstracts.
From an information retrieval point-of-view, better reporting of key details in DTA abstracts has the potential to increase assignment of relevant indexing terms and improve precision in DTA searching.
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None.
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None.
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diagnostic accuracy
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