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Quality standards are needed for reporting of test accuracy studies for animal diseases.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20950876     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The STARD statement (www.stard-statement.org) emphasizes complete and transparent reporting of key elements of test accuracy studies. Guidelines for authors in many biomedical journals recommend adherence to these standards but explicit recommendations by editors of veterinary journals are limited. Adherence to standards benefits end-users of tests including doctors, veterinarians and other healthcare professionals and the human and animal patients in which the tests are used. Reporting standards also provide a structured basis for researchers and graduate students to prepare manuscripts, and subsequently can be a useful adjunct to the peer-review process. This paper discusses the purpose of STARD and its possible modification for animal disease studies, variation in reporting and design quality in human and animal disease studies, use of a different instrument (QUADAS) for assessing methodological quality, and provides some recommendations for the future. Finally, the contributions of Dr. Hollis Erb to improvements in methodological and reporting qualities of test accuracy studies in Preventive Veterinary Medicine are described.
Authors:
Ian A Gardner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-10-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Preventive veterinary medicine     Volume:  97     ISSN:  1873-1716     ISO Abbreviation:  Prev. Vet. Med.     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-24     Completed Date:  2011-01-11     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8217463     Medline TA:  Prev Vet Med     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  136-43     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. iagardner@ucdavis.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animal Diseases / diagnosis*
Animals
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Diagnostic Tests, Routine / standards,  veterinary*
Humans
Peer Review, Research / standards
Periodicals as Topic / standards
Quality Control
Research / standards*
Research Design / standards*
Veterinary Medicine / standards*

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