@article{b33d525b10cc4ee0a1478cbcd79da0d4,
title = "STARD for Abstracts: essential items for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies in journal or conference abstracts",
abstract = "Many abstracts of diagnostic accuracy studies are currently insufficiently informative. We extended the STARD (Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy) statement by developing a list of essential items that authors should consider when reporting diagnostic accuracy studies in journal or conference abstracts. After a literature review of published guidance for reporting biomedical studies, we identified 39 items potentially relevant to report in an abstract. We then selected essential items through a two round web based survey among the 85 members of the STARD Group, followed by discussions within an executive committee. Seventy three STARD Group members responded (86%), with 100% completion rate. STARD for Abstracts is a list of 11 quintessential items, to be reported in every abstract of a diagnostic accuracy study. We provide examples of complete reporting, and developed template text for writing informative abstracts.",
author = "{STARD Group collaborators} and Cohen, {J{\'e}r{\'e}mie F.} and Korevaar, {Dani{\"e}l A.} and Gatsonis, {Constantine A.} and Glasziou, {Paul P.} and Lotty Hooft and David Moher and Reitsma, {Johannes B.} and {De Vet}, {Henrica C.W.} and Bossuyt, {Patrick M.} and Todd Alonzo and Altman, {Douglas G.} and Augusto Azuara-Blanco and Lucas Bachmann and Jeffrey Blume and Isabelle Boutron and David Bruns and Harry B{\"u}ller and Frank Buntinx and Sarah Byron and Stephanie Chang and Richelle Cooper and {de Groot}, Joris and Jon Deeks and Nandini Dendukuri and Jac Dinnes and Kenneth Fleming and Golub, {Robert M.} and Gordon Guyatt and Carl Heneghan and J{\o}rgen Hilden and Rita Horvath and Myriam Hunink and Chris Hyde and John Ioannidis and Les Irwig and Holly Janes and Jos Kleijnen and Andr{\'e} Knottnerus and Kressel, {Herbert Y.} and Stefan Lange and Mariska Leeflang and Lijmer, {Jeroen G.} and Sally Lord and Blanca Lumbreras and Petra Macaskill and Erik Magid and Susan Mallett and Katie Morris and Yemisi Takwoingi and Matthew Thompson",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "17",
doi = "10.1136/bmj.j3751",
language = "English",
volume = "358",
journal = "BMJ (Online)",
issn = "0959-8146",
publisher = "BMJ Publishing Group",
}