Table 1

Information collection

Publication identificationTitle of the article, author’s name, year of publication, journal, volume/page, DOI (PMID), conflicts of interest
Study characteristicsCountry, region, study objective, study design, study context, sample size, calculation of sample size, loss of sample patients, recruitment period, recruitment method
Characteristics of the participantsInclusion criteria, exclusion criteria, health status, mean/median age, gender, race/colour/nationality, weight, height, mean BMI, education, socioeconomic status, marital status
General information about the tools and data on the diagnostic accuracy propertiesInvestigated eating disorder, reference standard (SR), responsible for applying the RS, index test (IT), validation of the index test, language of the index test, number of items evaluated in the index test, cultural adaptation of the index test, sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV, area under the ROC curve, TP, FP, TN, FN, sample percentage of risk of ED, limitations and potential of the study or test, usefulness in PHC
  • FN, false negative; FP, false positive; NPV, negative predictive values; PPV, positive predictive values; TN, true negative; TP, true positive.