Kim 2022
Appraisal of: Kim W, Kim J H, Cha, Y K, Chong S, Kim T J. Completeness of Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) of Radiological Articles Based on the PRISMA-DTA Reporting Guideline. Academic Radiology 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2022.03.028
Reviewer(s):
Julie Glanville
Caroline Higgins
Full Reference:
Kim W, Kim J H, Cha, Y K, Chong S, Kim T J. Completeness of Reporting of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy (DTA) of Radiological Articles Based on the PRISMA-DTA Reporting Guideline. Academic Radiology 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2022.03.028
Short description:
This study investigated the completeness with which systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies of radiology reported their methods. The reporting of reviews was compared to before and after the introduction of the PRISMA-DTA reporting guidelines and reviews were compared to the PRISMA requirements. DTA reviews of radiology published between 2016 and 2020 were identified from PubMed. 183 reviews were identified from 12 journals. In terms of the reporting of the search process in the final reviews, overall there was excellent reporting of the information sources (99%) and dates of searches (92%), but much lower completeness of reporting of the full strategies (25%). In the reporting of abstracts, there was lower completeness of reporting of databases (74.9%) and dates (58.5%).
Overall the authors suggested there has been a modest improvement in the completeness of reporting in DTA reviews of radiology, when measured according to the PRISMA reporting guidance. However, in terms of more complete provision of the search strategies, the authors noted that this information was reported significantly less frequently over time.
Limitations stated by the author(s):
Reviews were sourced from only 12 high impact general radiology and imaging journals, from a single database (PubMed). The scoring of completeness of reporting was subjective and some of the grading decisions may have favoured completeness.
Limitations stated by the reviewer(s):
None
Study Type:
Review
Related Chapters:
Diagnostic Accuracy
Tags:
diagnostic accuracy
PRISMA
reporting