Development and reliability assessment of a new quality appraisal tool for cross-sectional studies using biomarker data (BIOCROSS).

Jan WirschingSophie GraßmannFabian EichelmannLaura Malin HarmsMatthew SchenkEva BarthAlide BerndzenMoses OlalekanLeen SarminiHedwig ZubererKrasimira Aleksandrova

Published in: BMC medical research methodology (2018)

BIOCROSS is a new study quality assessment tool suitable for evaluation of reporting quality from cross-sectional epidemiological studies employing biomarker data. The tool proved to be reliable for use by biomedical scientists with diverse backgrounds and could facilitate comprehensive review of biomarker studies in human research.

Keyphrases

cross sectional
case control
electronic health record
endothelial cells
quality improvement
big data
emergency department
machine learning
data analysis
induced pluripotent stem cells