More and more systematic reviews of diagnostic test accuracy studies are being published,
but they can be methodologically challenging. In this paper, the authors present some of the …

A meta-analysis encompassing all studies evaluating the impact of the Triple P-Positive
Parenting Program on parent and child outcome measures was conducted in an effort to …

OBJECTIVE: The nine-item mood module of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) was
developed to screen and to diagnose patients in primary care with depressive disorders. We …

BACKGROUND: Conventional tests are not always helpful in making a diagnosis of
tuberculous pleurisy. Many studies have investigated the usefulness of adenosine …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We seek to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the procalcitonin
test for the diagnosis of bacteremia in the emergency department (ED) population …

Background At present, there is no accepted, ideal imaging modality or technique for
diagnosis of lymph-node metastases. We aimed to assess the diagnostic precision of MRI …

Background Conventional tests are not always helpful in making a diagnosis of tuberculous
pleurisy. Many studies have investigated the usefulness of interferon (IFN)-γ measurements …

Background When multiple endpoints are of interest in evidence synthesis, a multivariate
meta-analysis can jointly synthesise those endpoints and utilise their correlation. A …

BACKGROUND: Diagnosis of patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS) is commonly performed
using a myriad of clinical and imaging-based criteria. OBJECTIVES: The objective of this …

Background Most current guidelines recommend two serological tests to diagnose chronic
Chagas disease. When serological tests are persistently inconclusive, some guidelines …