Comparison and Validation of "Metadta" for Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies

Autor/inn/en	Nyaga, Victoria N.; Arbyn, Marc
Titel	Comparison and Validation of "Metadta" for Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies
Quelle	In: Research Synthesis Methods, 14 (2023) 3, S.544-562 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Nyaga, Victoria N.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1759-2879
DOI	10.1002/jrsm.1634
Schlagwörter	Metadata; Accuracy; Diagnostic Tests; Statistical Analysis; Meta Analysis; Regression (Statistics); Network Analysis; Guidelines; Evidence + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Metadaten; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Statistische Analyse; Meta-analysis; Metaanalyse; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Netzplantechnik; Richtlinien; Evidenz
Abstract	We developed "metadta," a flexible, robust, and user-friendly statistical procedure that fuses established and innovative statistical methods for meta-analysis, meta-regression, and network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies in Stata. Using data from published meta-analyses, we validate "metadta" by comparing and contrasting its features and output to popular procedures dedicated to the meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies; ("midas" [Stata], "metandi" [Stata], "metaDTA" [web application], "mada" [R], and "MetaDAS" [SAS]). We also demonstrate how to perform network meta-analysis with "metadta," for which no alternative procedure is dedicated to network meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy data in the frequentist framework. "metadta" generated consistent estimates in simple and complex diagnostic test accuracy data sets. We expect its availability to stimulate better statistical practice in the evidence synthesis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01