STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration.
Cohen JF, Korevaar DA, Altman DG, et al. STARD 2015 guidelines for reporting diagnostic accuracy studies: explanation and elaboration. BMJ Open. 2016;6(11):e012799. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012799.
Diagnostic errors are a common preventable cause of medical errors and, thus, are frequently a topic for research. This article describes updated Standards for Reporting Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (STARD), a checklist for researchers when writing diagnostic research reports. The authors provide an example and explanation of each of the 30 checklist items.