Reporting Errors in Studies of the Diagnostic Performance of Self-Administered Questionnaires: Extent of the Problem, Recommendations for Standardized Presentation of Results, and Implications for the Peer Review Process.

摘要: Diagnostic efficiency statistics include sensitivity, specificity, and positive negative predictive power. In reviewing the literature on performance of self-report questionnaires to screen for depression, we found errors in several published articles which these were computed. To determine extent this problem examined all studies diagnostic scales between 1980 1991 Journal Consulting Clinical Psychology Psychological Assessment: A Psychology. We 26 relevant studies: 9 had an error calculation 3 made calculations based unconventional definitions terms. Moreover, no study reported 4 together with total chance-corrected level agreement scale gold standard