STARD for Abstracts: Essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies in journal or conference abstracts
Cohen, Jérémie F; Korevaar, Daniël A; Gatsonis, Constantine A.; Glasziou, Paul; Hooft, Lotty; Moher, David; Reitsma, Johannes B.; de Vet, Henrica C. W.; Bossuyt, Patrick Mm
(2017) BMJ - Clinical research, volume 358, pp.
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Abstract
Many abstracts of diagnostic accuracy studies are currently insufficiently informative. We extended the STARD (Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy) statement by developing a list of essential items that authors should consider when reporting diagnostic accuracy studies in journal or conference abstracts. After a literature review of published guidance for reporting
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biomedical studies, we identified 39 items potentially relevant to report in an abstract. We then selected essential items through a two round web based survey among the 85 members of the STARD Group, followed by discussions within an executive committee. Seventy three STARD Group members responded (86%), with 100% completion rate. STARD for Abstracts is a list of 11 quintessential items, to be reported in every abstract of a diagnostic accuracy study. We provide examples of complete reporting, and developed template text for writing informative abstracts.
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Keywords: General Medicine
ISSN: 0959-8146
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Note: Funding Information: 1Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2INSERM UMR 1153 and Department of Pediatrics, Necker-Enfants malades Hospital, AP-HP, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France 3Department of Biostatistics, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, Rhode Island, USA 4Centre for Research in Evidence-Based Practice, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 5Dutch Cochrane Centre, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 6Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Canada 7School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada 8Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 9Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands Publisher Copyright: © Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited.
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