Reporting completeness and transparency of meta-analyses of depression screening tool accuracy: A comparison of meta-analyses published before and after the PRISMA statement

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 57-69

  Rice, Danielle B ^a,b   Kloda, Lorie A ^c   Shrier, Ian ^b   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Diagnostic test accuracy; Meta analyses; PRISMA; Quality; Screening

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDITOR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCINFO; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; MASS SCREENING; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 84974696061     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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