Table 2.

Methodologic Quality Criteria Concordance Between Abstracts and Articles to Diagnose Trichomoniasis (N = 33)

	Criteria Fulfilled and Reported, n(%)(95% confidence interval [95% CI])
Methodologic Criteria	Abstract	Full Article	None	Agreement Between Abstract and Article*κ (95% CI)
Prospective evaluation of consecutive patients	5 (15)	11 (33)	22 (67)	0.53
	(6.7% to 31%)	(20% to 50%)	(50% to 80%)	(0.22 to 0.83)
Test result did not influence decision to do  gold standard	17 (52)	26 (79)	6 (18)	0.32
	(35% to 68%)	(62% to 89%)	(8.6% to 34%)	(0.05 to 0.59)
Independent and blind comparison with gold standard	2 (6.1)	4 (12)	27 (82)	−0.09
	(1.7% to 20%)	(4.8% to 27%)	(66% to 91%)	(−0.18 to 0)
Broad spectrum of patients used	2 (6.1)	14 (42)	19 (58)	0.16
	(1.7% to 20%)	(27% to 59%)	(41% to 73%)	(−0.04 to 0.37)

^*Values of κ reflect agreement that is slight (0 to 0.19), fair (0.2 to 0.39), moderate (0.4 to 0.59), substantial (0.6 to 0.79), and almost perfect (0.8 to 1). A negative κ reflects disagreement.