Table 3.
Risk of bias assessment with the QUADAS-2 tool
| Study | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
| Mehta (2013) [29] | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Morgan (2009) [27] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Nyman (2009) [26] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Shefelbine (2005) [30] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Nazarian (2010) [19] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Fiset (2018) [22] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Jämsä (2000) [21] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Sigurdsen (2011) [25] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Markel (1990) [17] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Augat (1997) [20] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Den Boer (1998) [28] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Wright (2012) [24] | ☺ | ? | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
| Böhm (1999) [23] | ☺ | ☹ | ? | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ | ☺ |
☺Low risk, ☹High risk, ? Unclear risk