Dear Arin,
A very good afternoon and season's greetings from the East of England. Here
are some resources that might be of interest to your colleague.
Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP et al and
Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Towards complete and
accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative.
Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. Clin Chem. 2003
Jan;49(1):1-6
http://intl.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/49/1/1.pdf
Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE, Gatsonis CA, Glasziou PP et al and
Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. The STARD statement for
reporting studies of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration. Clin
Chem. 2003 Jan;49(1):7-18
http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/49/1/7.pdf
http://www.childrens-mercy.org/stats/weblog2004/SampleSizeDiagnostic.asp
http://www.mhri.edu.au/biostats/DAG_Stat/
http://araw.mede.uic.edu/cgi-bin/testcalc.pl
A calculator on diagnostic test for critical appraisal
http://www.hutchon.net/Diagnostic-test.htm
Checklist for appraising diagnostic study might be of help
http://www.phru.nhs.uk/learning/casp_diagnostic_tool.pdf
Warm regards & very best wishes,
Badri
Dr P Badrinath MD BS M.Phil MPH MFPH PhD (Cantab)
Consultant in Public Health Medicine & Affiliated Clinical Lecturer
Suffolk PCT & University of Cambridge
Thingoe House, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK
http://myprofile.cos.com/badrishanthi
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