Table 3.

Methodological features of the validation studies

Study	Screening test	Reference	Assessor of reference test	Assessor of screening test	Cut-off for screening test	Blindinga	Consecutive inclusion
Al-Khawaja 1996 [13]	FAST	SLT	SLT	Non-specialist, n.f.s.	17b; 16c; 15d (short)	n.r.	No
Enderby 1987 [14]	FAST	SLT, FCP, sS	SLT	n.r.	23 (full); 14 (short)	n.r.	n.r.
O’Neill 1990 [15]	FAST	sS, BDAE	SLT	Physician	25	n.r.	Yes
Flamand-Roze 2011 [21]	LAST	BDAE	n.r	SLT, nurse, neurologist, or student	15	Yes, n.f.s.	No
Choi 2015 [18]	MAST*	Physiatrist	Physiatrist	Research assistant, test scored by SLT	16j; 14k	n.r.	No
Kostalova 2008 [16]	MAST	SLT	SLT	Neurology resident and student	93e; 96f; 98g	n.r.	No
Romero 2012 [17]	MAST	BDAE, TT	Clinical expert, n.f.s.	Clinical expert, SLT, neurologist	90	No	No
Doesborgh 2003 [20]	ScreeLing	TT, exp.	Neurologist, linguist	n.r.	66	Yes, 3	Yes
Al-Khawaja 1996 [13]	SST	SLT	SLT	Non-specialist, n.f.s.	17h; 16i; 15d	n.r.	No
Kim 2011 [22]	SVF	STAND	n.r.	n.r.	60 s; 7/30 s; 6	n.r.	No
Thommessen 1999 [19]	UAS	SLT, parts of NGA	SLT	Nurse	n.r.	Yes, 2	Yes

SLT speech and language therapist, FCP functional communication profile, sS short Schuell, BDAE Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, TT Token Test, exp. expert assessment, NGA Norsk grunntest for afasi (Norwegian Basic Aphasia Assessment), TAND Screening Test for Aphasia and Neurologic-Communication Disorders, n.f.s. not further specified, n.r. not reported

^aBlinding: 1 for reference test only, 2 for screening test only, 3 for reference and screening test

^bFor age ≤59 years

^cFor age 60–70 years

^dFor age ≥71 years

^eFor age ≤60 years

^fFor age 61–70 years

^gBasic and secondary education

^hAcademic education, age ≥60 years

ⁱAcademic education, age <60 years

^jFor age ≤64 years

^kFor age >64 years