Quality Instruments and Checklists

• AHRQ Systems to Rate the Strength of Scientific Evidence Summary
• Cochrane Methods Working Group: Screening and Diagnostic Tests
• Newcastle Ottawa Scale Coding Manual
• Newcastle Ottawa Scale for Observational Studies
• Diagnosis Critical Appraisal Worksheet
• RCT Critical Appraisal Worksheet
• Systematic Review Critical Appraisal Worksheet
• Validity Checklist for Clinical Trials
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for RCTs
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for Diagnosis
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for Prognosis
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for Harm
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for Systematic Reviews
• User's Guides to Evidence-Based Medicine Checklist for Screening
• Jadad Scale for Quality of RCTs
• Oxman-Guyatt Index for Quality of Overviews
• QUADAS, a New Quality Assessment Instrument for Diagnostic Studies
• Transparent Reporting of Evaluations with Nonrandomized Designs (TREND)