השוואת שיטות

	מחקר אפידמיולוגי חתך	תכנון מחקר דיאגנוסטי
תחום	אפידמיולוגיה	מחקר קליני
משפחה	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
שנת המקור	1960s (formal codification); widely practiced since mid-20th century	2003-2015
הוגה השיטה	Classical epidemiology tradition; systematized by Brian MacMahon and Thomas Pugh (1960s)	Bossuyt, Reitsma, and STARD group (2003); clinical epidemiology pioneers
סוג	Observational, descriptive/analytic epidemiological design	Research Design
מקור מכונן	Kelsey, J. L., Whittemore, A. S., Evans, A. S., & Thompson, W. D. (1996). Methods in Observational Epidemiology (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-0195080407	Bossuyt, P. M., Reitsma, J. B., Bruns, D. E., Gatsonis, C. A., Glasziou, P. P., Irwig, L. M., ... & de Vet, H. C. (2003). Towards complete and accurate reporting of studies of diagnostic accuracy: the STARD initiative. Annals of Internal Medicine, 138(1), 40–44.
כינויים	prevalence study, cross-sectional survey, transversal study, cross-sectional design	diagnostic accuracy study, test accuracy, STARD, diagnostic evaluation
קשורות	6	2
תקציר	A cross-sectional epidemiological study measures the exposure(s) and outcome(s) of interest simultaneously in a defined population at a single point in time (or over a short period). Because there is no follow-up, it is the most efficient observational design for estimating disease prevalence and for generating hypotheses about associations between risk factors and health outcomes.	A diagnostic accuracy study evaluates how well a new diagnostic test (or biomarker, imaging modality, clinical assessment) detects the presence or absence of disease compared to a reference standard (gold standard). Standardized since 2003 by the STARD (Standards for Reporting of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies) initiative, diagnostic accuracy studies are fundamental to clinical medicine, determining whether and how new tests can improve patient diagnosis and treatment.