Sentence examples for blinding of the reference from inspiring English sources

[40] Although blinding of the reference diagnosis is necessary to avoid review bias, in clinical practice the clinician interpreting the test would have access to details such as patient sex and tumour pathology.

There was poor reporting of patient selection criteria, description of index and reference tests and blinding of the reference test.

Blinding of the reference test was also poorly reported as was the use of any treatment in between the index test and reference standard.

Around 65% of the studies reported blinding of the reference standard to the results of the index test, and around 70% reported blinding of the index test to the results of the reference standard.

Thirty-five study cohorts (75%) reported blinding of the reference standard results, 11 (23%) did not describe whether the reference standard was blinded and one (2%) did not blind the reference standard.

The study was conducted in accordance with the STARD principles for diagnostic accuracy studies: all staff were trained in culture and molecular techniques by the authors and product manufacturer, achieved an appropriate level of proficiency and those performing the molecular analyses were blinded to the reference method of culture-based DST using the MGIT 960 and clinical data.

However, in both studies all electrophysiological measurements were performed by the same investigators, and no blind assessment of the reference diagnostic test was implemented.

Test-interpretation bias may occur if the result of the detection system is not determined while blinded to the reference test (and vice versa).

All observers were blinded to the reference standard: colonoscopy.

Assessment of the index test was blinded (without knowledge of the reference standard) in 15 (68 %) studies.

For 10 instruments the person administering the assessment was not blinded to results of the reference standard and other validation tests (e.g. cognitive function, IADL scores), or this information was not provided [ 40- 47, 47, 50- 52].