Decision making about healthcare-related tests and diagnostic test strategies. Paper 3: a systematic review shows limitations in most tools designed to assess quality and develop recommendations

The objective of this study was to identify and describe critical appraisal tools designed for assessing the quality of evidence (QoE) and/or strength of recommendations (SoRs) related to health care –related tests and diagnostic strategies (HCTDSs).

Source: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology - September 12, 2017 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Reem A. Mustafa, Wojtek Wiercioch, Maicon Falavigna, Yuan Zhang, Liudmila Ivanova, Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Adrienne Cheung, Barbara Prediger, Matthew Ventresca, Jan Brozek, Nancy Santesso, Patrick Bossuyt, Amit X. Garg, Nancy Lloyd, Monika Lelgemann, Di Tags: Series: Decision Making About Healthcare-Related Tests and Diagnostic Test Strategies Source Type: research