Literature survey of high-impact journals revealed reporting weaknesses in abstracts of diagnostic accuracy studies

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 708-715

  Korevaar, Daniël A ^a   Cohen, Jérémie F ^a,b,c   Hooft, Lotty ^d   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^c PARIS DESCARTES UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CONSORT statement; Diagnostic accuracy studies; EQUATOR network; Reporting quality; Research transparency; STARD statement

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); DIAGNOSIS; DOCUMENTATION; EVALUATION STUDY; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING AS TOPIC; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84928928718     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.01.014     Document Type: Review

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