Library of validity assessment tools

Welcome to the LATITUDES Library of validity assessment tools

Tool name Study types
Recommended by LATITUDES COSMIN ROB Reliability studiesreliability-study
PROTECT Checklist Systematic reviewssystematic-review Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct Observational studies (mixed designs)observational-studies
SYRCLE RoB tool Animal studiesanimal-studies
SANRA General reviewsgeneral-review
RTI item bank – bias and precision Observational studies (mixed designs)observational-studies
Recommended by LATITUDES QUAPAS Prognostic accuracy studiesprognostic-accuracy
Recommended by LATITUDES QUADAS-C Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studiesdiagnostic-test-accuracy-dta-studies
Prompts for appraising qualitative research Qualitative studiesqualitative-study
Newcastle-Ottawa Cohort Cohort studiescohort-study
Evidence Project risk of bias tool Non-randomised studies of interventionsnrsi Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct
Drummond Checklist Economic evaluationseconomic-evaluations
Downs & Black Tool Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct Case-control studiescase-control-study Non-randomised studies of interventionsnrsi
Recommended by LATITUDES COSMIN ROB for PROMS Reliability studiesreliability-study
CHEC List Economic evaluationseconomic-evaluations
AXIS tool Cross-sectional studiescross-sectional-study
Arrive Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studiesdiagnostic-test-accuracy-dta-studies
EPHPP tool for quantitative studies Observational studies (mixed designs)observational-studies
RCT-PQRSS Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct
Boutron Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct
Recommended by LATITUDES RoB 1 (Cochrane Tool) Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct
Recommended by LATITUDES RoB 2 Randomized controlled trials (RCT)randomized-controlled-trial-rct
Newcastle-Ottawa CC Case-control studiescase-control-study
Recommended by LATITUDES ROBINS-I Cohort studiescohort-study
Recommended by LATITUDES ROBINS-E Cohort studiescohort-study
QUADAS Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studiesdiagnostic-test-accuracy-dta-studies
Recommended by LATITUDES QUADAS-2 Diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studiesdiagnostic-test-accuracy-dta-studies
Recommended by LATITUDES PROBAST Prediction modelsprediction-models
Recommended by LATITUDES ROBIS Systematic reviewssystematic-review
AMSTAR Systematic reviewssystematic-review
AMSTAR-2 Systematic reviewssystematic-review