Book contents
- Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Dichotomous Tests
- Chapter 3 Multilevel and Continuous Tests
- Chapter 4 Critical Appraisal of Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
- Chapter 5 Reliability and Measurement Error
- Chapter 6 Risk Predictions
- Chapter 7 Multiple Tests and Multivariable Risk Models
- Chapter 8 Quantifying Treatment Effects Using Randomized Trials
- Chapter 9 Alternatives to Randomized Trials for Estimating Treatment Effects
- Chapter 10 Screening Tests
- Chapter 11 Understanding P-Values and Confidence Intervals
- Chapter 12 Challenges for Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Answers to Problems
- Index
- References
Chapter 4 - Critical Appraisal of Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 May 2020
- Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Dichotomous Tests
- Chapter 3 Multilevel and Continuous Tests
- Chapter 4 Critical Appraisal of Studies of Diagnostic Test Accuracy
- Chapter 5 Reliability and Measurement Error
- Chapter 6 Risk Predictions
- Chapter 7 Multiple Tests and Multivariable Risk Models
- Chapter 8 Quantifying Treatment Effects Using Randomized Trials
- Chapter 9 Alternatives to Randomized Trials for Estimating Treatment Effects
- Chapter 10 Screening Tests
- Chapter 11 Understanding P-Values and Confidence Intervals
- Chapter 12 Challenges for Evidence-Based Diagnosis
- Answers to Problems
- Index
- References
Summary
We have learned how to quantify the accuracy of dichotomous (Chapter 2) and multilevel (Chapter 3) tests. In this chapter, we turn to critical appraisal of studies of diagnostic test accuracy, with an emphasis on problems with study design that affect the interpretation or credibility of the results. After a general discussion of an approach to studies of diagnostic tests, we will review some common biases to which studies of test accuracy are uniquely or especially susceptible and conclude with an introduction to systematic reviews of test accuracy studies.
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- Evidence-Based DiagnosisAn Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology, pp. 75 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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