| Study design(s) targeted by the tool | Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studiesdiagnostic-test-accuracy-dta-studies |
|---|---|
| Additional details on designs | NA |
| Tool area | Health |
| Link to the tool | Get the QUADAS-2 tool (PDF) |
Details | |
| Website | https://www.bristol.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/projects/quadas/quadas-2/ |
| Primary publication | Whiting PF, Rutjes AW, Westwood ME, Mallet S, Deeks JJ, Reitsma JB, Leeflang MM, Sterne JA, Bossut PM, QUADAS-2 Group*. QUADAS-2: a revised tool for the quality assessment of diagnostic accuracy studies. Annals of internal medicine. 2011 Oct 18;155(8):529-36. |
| DOI | 10.7326/0003-4819-155-8-201110180-00009 |
| Guidance document | Get the QUADAS-2 guidance (PDF) |
| Training | |
| Language | English |
| Translations | |
| Record last updated | 19/06/2022 |
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| Evaluations | Kaizik MA, Garcia AN, Hancock MJ, Herbert RD. Measurement properties of quality assessment tools for studies of diagnostic accuracy. Brazilian journal of physical therapy. 2020 Mar 1;24(2):177-84. Venazzi A, Swardfager W, Lam B, Siqueira JD, Herrmann N, Cogo-Moreira H. Validity of the QUADAS-2 in assessing risk of bias in Alzheimer’s disease diagnostic accuracy studies. Frontiers in psychiatry. 2018 May 25;9:221. Wade R, Corbett M, Eastwood A. Quality assessment of comparative diagnostic accuracy studies: our experience using a modified version of the QUADAS‐2 tool. Research synthesis methods. 2013 Sep;4(3):280-6. |
| Other publications | None known – please contact us if you are aware of any publications that should be listed here. |
Key Criteria | |
| Focuses on risk of bias, or makes a distinction between items that assess risk of bias and other aspects of study quality | Yes |
| Offers a method to reach either a domain specific or overall assessment of risk of bias | Yes |
| Tool developed for use across topic areas (i.e. not developed for specific clinical area such as physiotherapy or dentistry) | Yes |
| Avoids recommending use of summary numerical quality scores | Yes |
