Request Information
Synthesizing Evidence of Diagnostic Accuracy
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Author:
- White, Sarahlouise; Schultz, Tim; Enuameh, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi
- ISBN:
- 978-1-45-116388-9
-
Description
-
Details
-
Collections
-
Also Recommended
Description
Methods to synthesize evidence from diagnostic test accuracy studies are now emerging and this text examines the methodological basis to the synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy data and describes the processes involved in the conduct of a diagnostic test accuracy systematic review.
Clinicians have long relied upon diagnostic tests for ‘evidence’ of the presence or absence of a disease or a condition. Similarly, policy makers must evaluate the value of a particular diagnostic test, compare it to any others, and decide which test should be made available or funded.
Although screening studies share some similarities with diagnostic studies and may report similar statistics, screening is typically applied to uncover very early signs of disease or the risk of disease, whereas diagnostic tests are generally applied to individuals with signs or symptoms of disease. Issues of meta-analysis of screening studies are discussed elsewhere.
Clinicians have long relied upon diagnostic tests for ‘evidence’ of the presence or absence of a disease or a condition. Similarly, policy makers must evaluate the value of a particular diagnostic test, compare it to any others, and decide which test should be made available or funded.
Although screening studies share some similarities with diagnostic studies and may report similar statistics, screening is typically applied to uncover very early signs of disease or the risk of disease, whereas diagnostic tests are generally applied to individuals with signs or symptoms of disease. Issues of meta-analysis of screening studies are discussed elsewhere.
Details
- Platform:
- OvidSP
- Product Type:
- Book
- Author:
- White, Sarahlouise; Schultz, Tim; Enuameh, Yeetey Akpe Kwesi
- ISBN:
- 978-1-45-116388-9
- Specialty:
-
- Advanced Practice
- General Interest Nursing
- Issues & Trends in Nursing
- Nurse Practitioner
- Nursing Education
- Research & Theory
- Language:
- English
- Edition:
- 1st Ed.
- Pages:
- 116
- Publication Year:
- 2011
- Alzheimer's Care Today
- AMED Allied and Complementary Medicine
- Clinical Wisdom and Evidence-Based Healthcare
- Critically Appraising Evidence for Healthcare
- Evidence-Based Endocrinology
- Fisiopatología renal. Fundamentos
- JBI PACES
- JBJS Case Connector
- JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques
- Knowledge Translation in Healthcare
- Mental Measurements Yearbook
- Neurology Clinical Practice
- Pathophysiology Made Incredibly Easy!
- Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy!
- Real Living with Multiple Sclerosis
- Retina
- Statistics for Systematic Review Authors
- Survey of Anesthesiology
- Synthesizing Descriptive Evidence
- Synthesizing Economic Evidence
- Synthesizing Evidence from Narrative, Text and Opinion
- Synthesizing Evidence of Harm
- Synthesizing Evidence of Risk
- Synthesizing Qualitative Evidence
- Synthesizing Quantitative Evidence
- Techniques in Knee Surgery
- Techniques in Ophthalmology
- The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery
- Translation Science and the JBI Model of Evidence-Based Healthcare
- Washington Manual of Critical Care, The