Journal article
Chapter 5: Assessing Risk of Bias as a Domain of Quality in Medical Test Studies
Abstract
ABSTRACTAssessing methodological quality is a necessary activity for any systematic review, including those evaluating the evidence for studies of medical test performance. Judging the overall quality of an individual study involves examining the size of the study, the direction and degree of findings, the relevance of the study, and the risk of bias in the form of systematic error, internal validity, and other study limitations. In this …
Authors
Santaguida PL; Riley CM; Matchar DB
Journal
Journal of General Internal Medicine, Vol. 27, No. Suppl 1, pp. 33–38
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
6 2012
DOI
10.1007/s11606-012-2030-8
ISSN
0884-8734