Table 2.
Quality assessment of the included articles based on Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2
| Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard |
| Grankvist et al. [23] | Low | Low | High | Low | High | High | High |
| Heusner et al. [25] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Ergul et al. [22] | Low | High | Low | Low | High | Low | Low |
| Catalano et al. [21] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Grueneisen et al. [24] | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Sawicki et al. [29] | Low | Low | High | High | Low | Low | Low |
| Melsaether et al. [26] | Low | Low | High | Low | High | Unclear | Low |
| Pujara et al. [27] | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Unclear | Low |
| Catalano et al. [20] | High | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low |
| Botsikas et al. [19] | Low | Low | Low | Low | Low | High | Low |
| Rezk et al. [28] | High | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low | High |