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. 2015 Nov;7(6):532–537. doi: 10.1177/1941738115607445

Table 2.

Study quality and threats to validity

Authors Prospective? Blinding of Participants Blinding of Data Collectors Blinding of Outcome Assessors ROC Analysis Conducted? AUC Reported Threats to Validity Study Quality
Kiesel et al15 No Unreported Unreported Unreported Yes No Study methods, statistical methods, statistical reporting 2/7
Kiesel et al16 Yes Unreported Unreported Unreported No No Statistical methods 2/7
Chorba et al3 Yes Unreported Unreported Unreported No No Study methods, statistical methods 2/7
Peate et al28 Yes Unreported Unreported Unreported Noa No Limited 2/7
Butler et al2 Yes Unreported Unreported Unreported Yes No Statistical reporting 3/7
O’Connor et al25 Yes Unreported Yes No Yes Yes Limited 5/7
Shojaedin et al32 Yes Unreported Unreported Unreported Yes No Statistical reporting 3/7

AUC, area under the curve; ROC, receiver operator characteristic.

a

Used other statistical methodology to determine cut score.