Sample size calculation should be performed for design accuracy in diagnostic test studies

Sample size calculation should be performed for design accuracy in diagnostic test studies

Guidelines for conducting studies and reading medical literature on diagnostic tests have been published: Requirements for the selection of cases and controls, and for ensuring a correct reference standard are now clarified. Our objective was to provide tables for sample size determination in this c...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical epidemiology 2005-08, Vol.58 (8), p.859-862
Hauptverfasser: Flahault, Antoine, Cadilhac, Michel, Thomas, Guy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Accuracy
Binomial distribution
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical Research - methods
Confidence intervals
Diagnostic test
Diagnostic tests
Diagnostic Tests, Routine - standards
Disease
Epidemiology
General aspects
Humans
Hypotheses
Medical sciences
Methodology
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Research Design
Sample Size
Sensitivity
Sensitivity and Specificity
Specificity
Studies
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Zusammenfassung:Guidelines for conducting studies and reading medical literature on diagnostic tests have been published: Requirements for the selection of cases and controls, and for ensuring a correct reference standard are now clarified. Our objective was to provide tables for sample size determination in this context. In the usual situation, where the prevalence Prev of the disease of interest is
ISSN:0895-4356
1878-5921
DOI:10.1016/j.jclinepi.2004.12.009