Table 2 CASP checklist for assessing the body of the selected research articles [29]
CASP questions | |
|---|---|
Q1 | Is there a clear definition of the prediction model? |
Q2 | Does the dataset used to build predictive models sufficiently represent of the patient population? |
Q3 | Was the predictive model tested on a diverse patient group? |
Q4 | Were the outcome and the predictor variables examined in a blinded manner? |
Q5 | Were the evaluation of the outcome and the predictor variables performed on the whole sample that was initially selected? |
Q6 | Are the statistical approaches that were utilized to build and validate the predictive model described in detail? |