Interpreting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy
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Interpreting diagnostic accuracy studies for patient care.
plot of sensitivity against 1−specificity (or false positive rate). Figure 2 shows an ROC plot of test accuracy of a single test at different thresholds. ROC plots are also used within studies to compare different tests, to compare different groups of patients, and to investigate variability between different test observers (readers). ROC plots are useful in systematic reviews to present result...
متن کاملThe Journal of Rheumatology Volume 41 , no . 12 Interpreting Studies of Diagnostic Accuracy
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Definition of a diagnostic test accuracy study? o A diagnostic test accuracy study evaluates the accuracy of index test in correctly distinguishing between those with disease and those without disease compared to gold standard test. o Gold standard test is also called criterion test or reference test. o For a diagnostic test to be accurate, it should be both valid (accuracy) and reliable (preci...
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Information about the performance of diagnostic tests is typically presented in the form of measures of test accuracy such as sensitivity and specificity. These measures may be difficult to translate directly into decisions about patient treatment, for which information presented in the form of probabilities of disease after a positive or a negative test result may be more useful. These probabi...
متن کاملQuality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies.
PURPOSE To evaluate quality of reporting in diagnostic accuracy articles published in 2000 in journals with impact factor of at least 4 by using items of Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) statement published later in 2003. MATERIALS AND METHODS English-language articles on primary diagnostic accuracy studies in 2000 were identified with validated search strategy in MEDLIN...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Rheumatology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0315-162X,1499-2752
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141109