TY - JOUR AU - Lucas, Nicholas AU - Macaskill, Petra AU - Irwig, Les AU - Moran, Robert AU - Rickards, Luke AU - Turner, Robin AU - Bogduk, Nikolai PY - 2013 DA - 2013/09/09 TI - The reliability of a quality appraisal tool for studies of diagnostic reliability (QAREL) JO - BMC Medical Research Methodology SP - 111 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The aim of this project was to investigate the reliability of a new 11-item quality appraisal tool for studies of diagnostic reliability (QAREL). The tool was tested on studies reporting the reliability of any physical examination procedure. The reliability of physical examination is a challenging area to study given the complex testing procedures, the range of tests, and lack of procedural standardisation. SN - 1471-2288 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-13-111 DO - 10.1186/1471-2288-13-111 ID - Lucas2013 ER -