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Research ArticleEvidence-based Medicine and Test Utilization (TUO)

Completeness of Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Based on the PRISMA-DTA Reporting Guideline

Jean-Paul Salameh, Matthew D.F. McInnes, David Moher, Brett D. Thombs, Trevor A. McGrath, Robert Frank, Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi, Noémie Kraaijpoel, Brooke Levis, Patrick M. Bossuyt
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.292987 Published September 2018
Jean-Paul Salameh
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada;School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Matthew D.F. McInnes
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada;Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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  • For correspondence: mmcinnes@toh.on.ca
David Moher
Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Brett D. Thombs
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada;Departments of Psychiatry; Medicine; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; Psychology; and Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;
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Trevor A. McGrath
Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Robert Frank
Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi
Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada;
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Noémie Kraaijpoel
Department of Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands;
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Brooke Levis
Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada;Departments of Psychiatry; Medicine; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health; Psychology; and Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada;
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Patrick M. Bossuyt
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam.
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Abstract

Background: We evaluated the completeness of reporting of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) systematic reviews using the recently developed Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and MetaAnalyses (PRISMA)-DTA guidelines.

Methods: MEDLINE® was searched for DTA systematic reviews published October 2017 to January 2018. The search time span was modulated to reach the desired sample size of 100 systematic reviews. Reporting on a per-item basis using PRISMA-DTA was evaluated.

Results: One hundred reviews were included. Mean reported items were 18.6 of 26 (71%; SD = 1.9) for PRISMA-DTA and 5.5 of 11 (50%; SD = 1.2) for PRISMA-DTA for abstracts. Items in the results were frequently reported. Items related to protocol registration, characteristics of included studies, results synthesis, and definitions used in data extraction were infrequently reported. Infrequently reported items from PRISMA-DTA for abstracts included funding information, strengths and limitations, characteristics of included studies, and assessment of applicability. Reporting completeness was higher in higher impact factor journals (18.9 vs 18.1 items; P = 0.04), studies that cited PRISMA (18.9 vs 17.7 items; P = 0.003), or used supplementary material (19.1 vs 18.0 items; P = 0.004). Variability in reporting was associated with author country (P = 0.04) but not journal (P = 0.6), abstract word count limitations (P = 0.9), PRISMA adoption (P = 0.2), structured abstracts (P = 0.2), study design (P = 0.8), subspecialty area (P = 0.09), or index test (P = 0.5). Abstracts with a higher word count were more informative (R = 0.4; P < 0.001). No association with word counts was observed for full-text reports (R = −0.03; P = 0.06).

Conclusions: Recently published reports of DTA systematic reviews are not fully informative when evaluated against the PRISMA-DTA guidelines. These results should guide knowledge translation strategies, including journal level (e.g., PRISMA-DTA adoption, increased abstract word count, and use of supplementary material) and author level (PRISMA-DTA citation awareness) strategies.

  • Received for publication June 4, 2018.
  • Accepted for publication August 28, 2018.
  • © 2018 American Association for Clinical Chemistry

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Completeness of Reporting of Systematic Reviews of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Based on the PRISMA-DTA Reporting Guideline
Jean-Paul Salameh, Matthew D.F. McInnes, David Moher, Brett D. Thombs, Trevor A. McGrath, Robert Frank, Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi, Noémie Kraaijpoel, Brooke Levis, Patrick M. Bossuyt
Clinical Chemistry Jan 2018, clinchem.2018.292987; DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2018.292987
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Jean-Paul Salameh, Matthew D.F. McInnes, David Moher, Brett D. Thombs, Trevor A. McGrath, Robert Frank, Anahita Dehmoobad Sharifabadi, Noémie Kraaijpoel, Brooke Levis, Patrick M. Bossuyt
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