Improving the quality of peer reviewed literature on diagnostic tests: The STARD initiative

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 334, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-3

  Price, Christopher P ^a  

^a Bayer HealthCare   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 12444275557     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-8981(03)00232-8     Document Type: Editorial

References (24)

1. Bareford D., Hayling A. Inappropriate use of laboratory services: long term combined approach to modify request patterns. BMJ. 301:1990;1305-1307.
2. Perraro F., Rossi P., Liva C., Bulfoni A., Ganzini G., Tonutti E.et al. Inappropriate emergency test ordering in a general hospital: preliminary reports. Qual. Assur. Health Care. 4:1992;77-81.
3. Van Walraven C., Naylor D. Do we know what inappropriate laboratory utilization is? A systematic review of laboratory clinical audits. JAMA. 280:1998;550-558.
4. WD Outcomes research in diagnostics: not yet. In Vivo. Jan:1995;11-17.
5. Evidence-based medicine: a new approach to the teaching of medicine. JAMA. 268:1992;2420-2425.
6. Woolf S.H., Grol R., Hutchinson A., Eccles M., Grimshaw J.et al. Clinical guidelines: potential benefits, limitations, and harms of clinical guidelines. BMJ. 318:1999;527-530.
7. Inamdar N., Kaplan R.S., Bower M. Applying the balanced scorecard in healthcare provider organizations. J. Healthc. Manag. 47:2002;179-195.
8. Wong E.T. Improving laboratory testing; can we get physicians to focus on outcome? Clin. Chem. 41:1995;1241-1247.
9. Lundberg G.D. The need for an outcomes research agenda for clinical laboratory testing. JAMA. 280:1998;565-566.
10. Bossuyt P.M., Reitsma J.B., Bruns D.E., Gatsonis C.A., Glasziou P.P., Irwig L.M.et al. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. BMJ. 326:2003;41-44.
11. Bossuyt P.M., Reitsma J.B., Bruns D.E., Gatsonis C.A., Glasziou P.P., Irwig L.M.et al. Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Ann. Intern. Med. 138:2003;40-44.
12. Reid C.K., Lachs M.S., Feinstein A.R. Use of methodological standards in diagnostic test research. Getting better but still not good. JAMA. 274:1995;645-651.
13. Lijmer J.G., Mol B.W., Heisterkamp S., Bonsel G.J., Prins M.H., van der Meulen J.H.P.et al. Empirical evidence of design-related bias in studies of diagnostic tests. JAMA. 282:1999;1061-1066.
14. Begg C.B. Biases in the assessment of diagnostic tests. Stat. Med. 6:1987;411-423.
15. Mulrow C.D., Linn W.D., Gaul M.K., Pugh J.A. Assessing quality of a diagnostic test evaluation. J. Gen. Intern. Med. 4:1989;288-295.
16. Mower W.R. Evaluating bias and variability in diagnostic test reports. Ann. Emerg. Med. 33:1999;85-91.
17. Sackett D.L., Haines R.B. The architecture of diagnostic research. BMJ. 321:2002;539-541.
18. Begg C., Cho M., Eastwood S., Horton R., Moher D., Olkin I.et al. Improving the quality of reporting of randomized controlled trials. The CONSORT statement. JAMA. 276:1996;637-639.
19. Bossuyt P.M., Reitsma J.B., Bruns D.E., Gatsonis C.A., Glasziou P.P., Irwig L.M.et al. The STARD statement for reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Clin. Chem. 49:2003;7-18.
20. Sackett D.L., Haynes R.B., Guyatt G.H., Tugwell P. Clinical epidemiology; a basic science for clinical medicine. 2nd ed. 1991;1-441 Little, Brown and Company, Toronto.
21. Fryback F.G., Thornbury J.R. The efficacy of diagnostic imaging. Med. Decis. Mak. 11:1991;88-94.
22. http://www.consort-statement.org/stardstatement.htm .
23. Greenhalgh T. Assessing methodological quality. How to read a paper: the basics of evidence based medicine. 2nd ed. 2001;59-75 BMJ Publishing Group, London.
24. Egger M., Davey Smith G., Altman D.G. Systematic reviews in health care. Meta-analysis in context. 2nd ed. 2001;1-487 BMJ Publishing Group, London.