Table 4 Summary of the assessment of the included studies using QUADAS-2
From: Dried blood spots PCR assays to screen congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a meta-analysis
QUADAS-2 quality assessment | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Study (Year) | Risk of bias | Applicability concerns | |||||
Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | Flow and timing | Patient selection | Index test | Reference standard | |
Barbi et al [10] | H | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Barbi et al [8] | H | ? | L | L | ? | ? | L |
Binda et al [11] | H | L | ? | L | L | H | L |
Boppana et al [2] | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Boppana et al [2] | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Distéfano et al [24] | H | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Johansson et al [22] | H | H | L | L | L | L | L |
Leruez-Ville et al [12] | H | ? | L | L | L | L | L |
Leruez-Ville et al [26] | H | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Paixão et al [25] | H | H | L | L | L | L | L |
Paradizˇ et al [13] | L | H | L | L | L | L | L |
Scanga et al [14] | H | H | L | L | L | L | L |
Soetens et al [16] | L | H | L | L | L | L | L |
Vaudry et al [15] | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Yamamoto et al [20] | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |