Small-study effects and time trends in diagnostic test accuracy meta-analyses: a meta-epidemiological study
This study was published in Systematic Reviews
Abstract
Small-study effects and time trends have been identified in meta-analyses of randomized trials. The authors evaluated whether these effects are also present in meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy studies.
This research is supported by the Department for International Development’s Evidence Building and Synthesis Research Programme which is led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Citation
Wynanda Annefloor van Enst, Christiana A Naaktgeboren, Eleanor A Ochodo, Joris AH de Groot, Mariska M Leeflang, Johannes B Reitsma, Rob JPM Scholten, Karel GM Moons, Aeilko H Zwinderman, Patrick MM Bossuyt, and Lotty Hooft. Small-study effects and time trends in diagnostic test accuracy meta-analyses: a meta-epidemiological study. Systematic Reviews 2015; 4: 66. doi: 10.1186/s13643-015-0049-8