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Background:
The objective of the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) is to enhance the completeness and generalisability of reporting in diagnostic studies. However, after the STARD statement was published in 2003, many researchers found that it did not significantly improve the quality of reporting in diagnostic test accuracy studies. In October 2015, a new version of STARD was published, which corrected and supplemented the reporting checklist in STARD 2003.
Objectives:
To evaluate the accuracy and completeness of Chinese diagnostic test accuracy studies in the imaging field. Imaging mainly consists of ultrasound, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray. To extend the application of STARD 2015.
Methods:
We searched the three databases CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data from 1 January 2014 to 8 April 2016. Two review authors independently screened the literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. They then used STARD 2015 to assess the reporting quality of the included studies and statistically analysed the results of the evaluation.
Results:
A total of 152 studies were included. The numbers of studies on the different diagnostic methods were as follows: ultrasound 84 (55.26%), CT 29 (19.08%), MRI 16 (10.53%) and two or more methods 23 (15.13%). The results of our evaluation using STARD 2015 showed that the rates of accordance of each report were: 0% to 10%, 1 report; 11% to 20%, 4 reports; 21% to 30%, 45 reports; 31% to 40%, 74 reports; 41% to 50%, 24 reports; 51% to 60%, 3 reports; 61% to 70%, 1 report. Across the total 34 items in STARD 2015, the rates of accordance with 11 items reached or exceeded 50%.
Conclusions:
Chinese diagnostic test accuracy studies in the imaging field published from 1 January 2014 to 8 April 2016 still had much room for improvement. STARD 2015 should be more widely and consistently applied.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement:
There was no direct involvement in our study but it is closely relevant to them.
The objective of the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy (STARD) is to enhance the completeness and generalisability of reporting in diagnostic studies. However, after the STARD statement was published in 2003, many researchers found that it did not significantly improve the quality of reporting in diagnostic test accuracy studies. In October 2015, a new version of STARD was published, which corrected and supplemented the reporting checklist in STARD 2003.
Objectives:
To evaluate the accuracy and completeness of Chinese diagnostic test accuracy studies in the imaging field. Imaging mainly consists of ultrasound, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-ray. To extend the application of STARD 2015.
Methods:
We searched the three databases CBM, CNKI and WanFang Data from 1 January 2014 to 8 April 2016. Two review authors independently screened the literature according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. They then used STARD 2015 to assess the reporting quality of the included studies and statistically analysed the results of the evaluation.
Results:
A total of 152 studies were included. The numbers of studies on the different diagnostic methods were as follows: ultrasound 84 (55.26%), CT 29 (19.08%), MRI 16 (10.53%) and two or more methods 23 (15.13%). The results of our evaluation using STARD 2015 showed that the rates of accordance of each report were: 0% to 10%, 1 report; 11% to 20%, 4 reports; 21% to 30%, 45 reports; 31% to 40%, 74 reports; 41% to 50%, 24 reports; 51% to 60%, 3 reports; 61% to 70%, 1 report. Across the total 34 items in STARD 2015, the rates of accordance with 11 items reached or exceeded 50%.
Conclusions:
Chinese diagnostic test accuracy studies in the imaging field published from 1 January 2014 to 8 April 2016 still had much room for improvement. STARD 2015 should be more widely and consistently applied.
Patient or healthcare consumer involvement:
There was no direct involvement in our study but it is closely relevant to them.