Preferred Reporting Items for a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies

Importance

Systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy synthesize data from primary diagnostic studies that have evaluated the accuracy of 1 or more index tests against a reference standard, provide estimates of test performance, allow comparisons of the accuracy of different tests, and facilitate the identification of sources of variability in test accuracy.

Objective

To develop the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic...