Application of STRATIFY rule | No. of studies (patients) | Sensitivity (95% CI) | Variance Logit Sensitivity (95% CI) | Specificity (95% CI) | Variance Logit Specificity (95% CI) |
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All studies | 17 (n = 11,378) | 0.67 (0.52-0.80) | 1.49 (0.63-3.53) | 0.57 (0.45-0.69) | 1.04 (0.49-2.21) |
Studies with spectrum bias excluded | 14 (n = 11,063) | 0.66 (0.54-0.76) | 0.69 (0.28-1.72) | 0.61 (0.51-0.69) | 0.49 (0.22-1.09) |
Studies with no definition ‘fall’ excluded | 10 (n = 4,193) | 0.61 (0.42-0.78) | 1.26 (0.43-3.68) | 0.65 (0.55-0.74) | 0.42 (0.15-1.16) |
Studies with a high prevalence of falls (>10%) | 9 (n = 1479) | 0.58 (0.41-0.73) | 0.94 (0.32-2.77) | 0.58 (0.43-0 .71) | 0.76 (0.28-2.08) |
Studies with a low prevalence of falls (<10%) | 8 (n = 9899) | 0.75 (0.42-0.93) | 1.12 (-0.31-2.55) | 0.63 (0.43-0.79) | 0.53 (-0.28-1.33) |