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

doi:10.1136/bmj.n265

. 2021 Mar 15:372:n265.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n265.

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

Jérémie F Cohen¹, Jonathan J Deeks^{2

3}, Lotty Hooft⁴, Jean-Paul Salameh^{5

6}, Daniël A Korevaar⁷, Constantine Gatsonis⁸, Sally Hopewell⁹, Harriet A Hunt¹⁰, Chris J Hyde¹⁰, Mariska M Leeflang¹¹, Petra Macaskill¹², Trevor A McGrath¹³, David Moher¹⁴, Johannes B Reitsma⁴, Anne W S Rutjes¹⁵, Yemisi Takwoingi^{2

3}, Marcello Tonelli¹⁶, Penny Whiting¹⁷, Brian H Willis², Brett Thombs¹⁸, Patrick M Bossuyt¹¹, Matthew D F McInnes¹⁹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Inserm UMR 1153 (Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics), Necker - Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
² Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁵ The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁸ Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁹ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Exeter Test Group, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Public Health, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹² University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹³ Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹⁴ Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹⁵ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁸ Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
¹⁹ University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada mmcinnes@toh.ca.

PMID: 33722791
PMCID: PMC7957862
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n265

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

Jérémie F Cohen et al. BMJ. 2021.

. 2021 Mar 15:372:n265.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.n265.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Inserm UMR 1153 (Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics), Necker - Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Université de Paris, Paris, France.
² Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
³ NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁴ Cochrane Netherlands, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands.
⁵ The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
⁷ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
⁸ Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
⁹ Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
¹⁰ Exeter Test Group, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Amsterdam Public Health, Academic Medical Centers, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
¹² University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
¹³ Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹⁴ Centre for Journalology, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
¹⁵ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
¹⁷ Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁸ Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada.
¹⁹ University of Ottawa, Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada mmcinnes@toh.ca.

PMID: 33722791
PMCID: PMC7957862
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n265

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.

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[1] Boutron I, Altman DG, Hopewell S, Vera-Badillo F, Tannock I, Ravaud P. Impact of spin in the abstracts of articles reporting results of randomized controlled trials in the field of cancer: the SPIIN randomized controlled trial. J Clin Oncol 2014;32:4120-6. 10.1200/JCO.2014.56.7503 - DOI - PubMed

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[4] Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Boutron I, et al. . Reporting guidelines for journal and conference abstracts. J Clin Epidemiol 2020;124:186-92. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2020.04.012 - DOI - PubMed

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[6] Janackovic K, Puljak L. Reporting quality of randomized controlled trial abstracts in the seven highest-ranking anesthesiology journals. Trials 2018;19:591. 10.1186/s13063-018-2976-x - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[8] Korevaar DA, Cohen JF, Hooft L, Bossuyt PM. Literature survey of high-impact journals revealed reporting weaknesses in abstracts of diagnostic accuracy studies. J Clin Epidemiol 2015;68:708-15. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2015.01.014 - DOI - PubMed

[9] Hopewell S, Clarke M, Askie L. Reporting of trials presented in conference abstracts needs to be improved. J Clin Epidemiol 2006;59:681-4. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.016 - DOI - PubMed

[10] Hopewell S, Clarke M, Askie L. Reporting of trials presented in conference abstracts needs to be improved. J Clin Epidemiol 2006;59:681-4. 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.09.016 - DOI - PubMed

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