@article{69fe816088ab4c2ca78355d58a89eac4,
title = "Preferred reporting items for journal and conference abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts): Checklist, explanation, and elaboration",
abstract = "For many users of the biomedical literature, abstracts may be the only source of information about a study. Hence, abstracts should allow readers to evaluate the objectives, key design features, and main results of the study. Several evaluations have shown deficiencies in the reporting of journal and conference abstracts across study designs and research fields, including systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Incomplete reporting compromises the value of research to key stakeholders. The authors of this article have developed a 12 item checklist of preferred reporting items for journal and conference abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies (PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts). This article presents the checklist, examples of complete reporting, and explanations for each item of PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts.",
author = "Cohen, \{J. r{\'e}mie F.\} and Deeks, \{Jonathan J.\} and Lotty Hooft and Jean-Paul Salameh and Korevaar, \{Dani{\"e}l A.\} and Constantine Gatsonis and Sally Hopewell and Hunt, \{Harriet A.\} and Hyde, \{Chris J.\} and Leeflang, \{Mariska M.\} and Petra MacAskill and McGrath, \{Trevor A.\} and David Moher and Reitsma, \{Johannes B.\} and Rutjes, \{Anne W. S.\} and Yemisi Takwoingi and Marcello Tonelli and Penny Whiting and Willis, \{Brian H.\} and Brett Thombs and Bossuyt, \{Patrick M.\} and McInnes, \{Matthew D. F.\}",
note = "Funding Information: 11a: “Primary funding source: Qu{\'e}bec Health Research Fund and BD Diagnostic Systems.”50 11b: “Funding: No external funding.”51 Funding Information: 2Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 3NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 4Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands 5The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada 6Faculty of Medicine, Queen{\textquoteright}s University, Kingston, ON, Canada 7Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands 8Brown University, Providence, RI, USA 9Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 10Exeter Test Group, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK 11Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Public Health, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands 12University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia 13Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada 14Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada 15Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland 16Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada 17Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK 18Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK 19Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montr{\'e}al, QC, Canada 20University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Contributors: JFC, JJD, LH, JPS, DAK, CG, HAH, CJH, MML, PM, TAM, DM, JBR, AWSR, YT, MT, PW, BHW, BT, PMB, and MDFM contributed to PRISMA-DTA for Abstracts items and checklist generation. JFC, JJD, and LH wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version. JJD, PMB, and MDFM supervised the work. MDFM is the guarantor. The corresponding author attests that all listed authors meet authorship criteria and that no others meeting the criteria have been omitted. Funding: No specific funding was received to develop this explanation and elaboration document. JJD is a UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) senior investigator emeritus. YT is funded by a UK NIHR postdoctoral fellowship. JJD and YT are supported by the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre. MDFM is supported by the Canadian Institute for Health Research (grant number 375751), the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH), and the Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies Group (STARD). BT is a Fonds de recherche du Qu{\'e}bec – Sant{\'e} distinguished scholar and a Tier 1 Canada research chair. BHW is funded by a UK MRC clinician scientist fellowship (MR/N007999/1). DM is supported by a university research chair (uOttawa). The views expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, NIHR, or Department of Health and Social Care. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 BMJ Publishing Group. All rights reserved.",
year = "2021",
month = mar,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1136/bmj.n265",
language = "English",
volume = "372",
journal = "BMJ (Clinical research ed.)",
issn = "0959-8146",
publisher = "British Medical Association",
}