Systematic reviews of test accuracy should search a range of databases to identify primary studies

Ref ID 404
First Author P. Whiting
Journal JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year Of Publishing 2008
URL https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18313560/
Keywords Diagnostic
Searching
Problem(s) Insufficient literature searches
Number of systematic reviews included 8
Summary of Findings No search identified all studies in any gold standard set. Over 20% of studies in the gold standard sets were not identified by searching MEDLINE. Six studies on LILACS were not on any other database. Eight gold standard studies were not included in any of the databases, and a further 22 were not identified by the electronic search strategies.
Did the article find that the problem(s) led to qualitative changes in interpretation of the results? Not Applicable
Are the methods of the article described in enough detail to replicate the study? Yes