Masahiro Banno1,2,3, Yasushi Tsujimoto4,5,3, Yan Luo6, Chisato Miyakoshi7, Yuki Kataoka8,9,4,3. 1. Department of Psychiatry, Seichiryo Hospital, Nagoya, JPN. 2. Department of Psychiatry, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, JPN. 3. Department of Systematic Reviewers, Systematic Review Workshop Peer Support Group (SRWS-PSG), Osaka, JPN. 4. Department of Healthcare Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Public Health, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JPN. 5. Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Kyoritsu Hospital, Kawanishi, JPN. 6. Department of Health Promotion and Human Behavior, School of Public Health in the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, JPN. 7. Department of Research Support, Center for Clinical Research and Innovation, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, JPN. 8. Hospital Care Research Unit, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, JPN. 9. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, JPN.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Researchers have been advised to report the point estimate of either sensitivity or specificity and its 95% credible interval (CrI) for a fixed specificity or sensitivity value in the summary of findings (SoF) table for diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) when they use the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) model. However, there is no other tool that easily calculates the statistics. RESULTS: We developed the calculator for the summary points from the HSROC model (CAST-HSROC), a web application for calculating the statistics easily. The existing graphical user interface software such as Review Manager and MetaDTA cannot calculate the statistics. Users should check whether convergence is reached before interpreting the results. CONCLUSIONS: CAST-HSROC can easily calculate the point estimate of either sensitivity or specificity and its 95% CrI for a fixed specificity or sensitivity value on the HSROC model. The application can help to create an SoF table for DTA when systematic reviewers or guideline developers estimate the certainty of evidence on the HSROC model.
BACKGROUND: Researchers have been advised to report the point estimate of either sensitivity or specificity and its 95% credible interval (CrI) for a fixed specificity or sensitivity value in the summary of findings (SoF) table for diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) when they use the hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic (HSROC) model. However, there is no other tool that easily calculates the statistics. RESULTS: We developed the calculator for the summary points from the HSROC model (CAST-HSROC), a web application for calculating the statistics easily. The existing graphical user interface software such as Review Manager and MetaDTA cannot calculate the statistics. Users should check whether convergence is reached before interpreting the results. CONCLUSIONS: CAST-HSROC can easily calculate the point estimate of either sensitivity or specificity and its 95% CrI for a fixed specificity or sensitivity value on the HSROC model. The application can help to create an SoF table for DTA when systematic reviewers or guideline developers estimate the certainty of evidence on the HSROC model.
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