| STARD papers More than a dozen journals paid attention to the STARD statement by publishing the STARD initiative, the background document or published editorials, letters or commentaries discussing the STARD statement. Many authors have evaluated the impact of the STARD statement on the quality of reporting of diagnostic accuracy studies published in several journal (see below 'research papers').
The STARD initiative aimed to develop a
checklist of items that should be included in the report of a study of
diagnostic accuracy and strongly encourage the use of a flow diagram presenting
the design of the study – including method recruitment and the order of test
execution – and the flow of participants.
- Clinical Chemistry
2003;49:1-6 Later, more journals have published the STARD
initiative: |
STARD background document The STARD background document aims to facilitate the use, understanding and dissemination of the checklist. The document contains a clarification of the meaning, rationale and optimal use of each item on the checklist, as well as a short summary of the available evidence on bias and applicability. The STARD background document entitled “Bossuyt PM, Reitsma JB, Bruns DE Gatsonis PP, Glasziou PP, Irwig LM, Moher D, Rennie D, De Vet HC, Lijmer JG; Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy. The STARD statement for reporting of diagnostic accuracy: explanation and elaboration” was published in January 2003 simultaneously in Clinical Chemistry and Annals of Internal Medicine. The Croatian Medical Journal published the STARD background document in September 2003.
- Clin Chem 2003;49:7-18.
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