Neuropsychologists' abilities to determine the predictive value of diagnostic tests

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

در این پایان نامه تاثیر دو نوع تست جزیی نگر و کلی نگر بر به یادسپاری محتوا ارزیابی شده که نتایج نشان دهندهکارایی تستهای کلی نگر بیشتر از سایر آزمونها است

Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Likelihood Ratio vs. Predictive Value

We read with interest the Iranikhah et al’s article entitled “Stool Antigen Tests for the Detection of Helicobacter Pylori in Children” in the second issue of 2013 of Iran J Pediatr[1]. The authors have well reported an interesting investigation about the detection of bacterial antigens in stool for diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori in children. Also they appropriately used endoscopy and biopsy ...

Comparing the Diagnostic Value of Four Dementia Tests in the Amnestic and Healthy Elderly

Objective: This study aimed to compare the diagnostic value of 4 questionnaires for the diagnosis of neurocognitive disorders (NCDs) in the elderly. Methodology: In this project, people older than 60 years who lived in Tehran were investigated. A total of 99 literate persons were enrolled in the study, and 4 questionnaires of functional assessment staging tool (FAST), abbreviated mental test s...

Assessing the Validity of Diagnostic Tests

Systematic quantitative overviews of the literature to determine the value of diagnostic tests for predicting acute appendicitis: study protocol

BACKGROUND Suspected acute appendicitis is the most frequent cause for emergency operations in visceral surgery worldwide. In approximately twenty percent of all cases however, the diagnosis is incorrect and patients undergo surgery without having acute appendicitis. Operations of bland appendices put patients at risk and entail a serious waste of resources. Several highly accurate tests have b...