Sentence examples for methodological and diagnostic from inspiring English sources

This is presented in table 3. Main predictors were from two categories: methodological and diagnostic.

We excluded reviews that considered only non-randomised studies, methodological and diagnostic test accuracy studies, and overviews of reviews.

Seeking treatment is however related to a number of clinical and demographical factors [ 29], and prevalence rates and distribution of PDs in clinical samples in vary considerably with methodological and diagnostic tools used in the assessments [ 1].

The not conclusive results of previous studies and the present study are probably due to age-differences, limited sample sizes, methodological differences and diagnostic criteria used.

We performed a systematic review on the methodological and reporting quality of diagnostic studies in TB, malaria and HIV.

We limited the search to the period between 2004 and 2006 because we wanted to determine the methodological and reporting quality of diagnostic studies following the publication and dissemination of QUADAS and STARD.

We will combine search terms related to pre-eclampsia with methodological filters for identification of aetiologic and diagnostic test studies (table 1) [ 30- 32].

These are validated for the reporting and methodological quality of diagnostic test accuracy studies, and we selected the quality elements that were felt to be most relevant for this review on prognostic tests and associations.

To provide an overview of reporting and methodological quality in diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies in the musculoskeletal field and evaluate the use of the QUality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS) checklist.

The heterogeneity of diagnostic criteria and diagnostic tools reinforce these methodological challenges [ 7- 10].

The more frequent use of tools such as QUADAS and STARD may be necessary to improve the methodological and reporting quality of future diagnostic accuracy studies in infectious diseases.