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Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia

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This chapter examines the introductory elements in the report of a diagnostic test accuracy study. Central to this is the definition of the research question to be examined. An important distinction needs to be drawn between proof-of-concept or experimental studies, which are particularly appropriate for new diagnostic tests, and which may be undertaken in ideal or extreme contrast settings; and pragmatic studies which recruit consecutive patients and hence are more reflective of the idiom of day-to-day clinical practice.

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