The nature of cancer control is changing, with an increasing emphasis, fuelled by public and
political demand, on prevention, early diagnosis, and patient experience during and after …

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 …

Prediction models in health care use predictors to estimate for an individual the probability
that a condition or disease is already present (diagnostic model) or will occur in the future …

The TRIPOD (Transparent Reporting of a multivariable prediction model for Individual
Prognosis Or Diagnosis) Statement includes a 22-item checklist, which aims to improve the …

Objective To summarize the psychometric properties of the PHQ2 and PHQ9 as screening
instruments for depression. Interventions We identified 17 validation studies conducted in …

Several treatments have been proven to be effective for variceal bleeding in patients with
cirrhosis. The aim of this multicenter, prospective, cohort study was to assess how these …

Background Although guidelines for critical appraisal of diagnostic research and meta-
analyses have already been published, these may be difficult to understand for clinical …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive liver fibrosis tests that may
replace liver biopsy in patients with chronic hepatitis remains controversial. We assessed …

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the accuracy of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)
as a case-finding instrument for anxiety and depressive disorders. METHOD: MEDLINE …

Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy is designed to help physiotherapists of all levels of
expertise to use high quality research evidence in their clinical decision making. Written by …