Table I.
Item no. | Description |
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1 | Representative patient spectrum |
2 | Clear description of selection criteria |
3 | Acceptable reference standard |
4 | Acceptable delay between tests |
5 | Avoiding partial verification bias |
6 | Sufficient differential verification bias |
7 | Avoiding incorporation bias |
8 | Sufficient description of index test |
9 | Sufficient description of reference test |
10 | Blinded interpretation of index test results |
11 | Blinded interpretation of index reference results |
12 | Availability of clinical data to the researchers |
13 | Reporting of uninterpretable indeterminate results |
14 | Explanation of withdrawals from study |
QUADAS, quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies.