Publications

Selected Publications

  1. Negeri ZF, Levis B, Ioannidis JP, Thombs BD, Benedetti A, the DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) EPDS Group. An empirical comparison of statistical methods for multiple cut-off diagnostic test accuracy meta-analysis of the Edinburgh postnatal depression scale (EPDS) depression screening tool using published results vs individual participant data. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 2024;24(1):28. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-023-02134-w
  2. Negeri ZF, Levis B, Sun Y, He C, Krishnan A, Wu Y, Bhandari PM, Neupane D, Brehaut E, Benedetti A, Thombs BD. Accuracy of the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) for Screening to Detect Major Depression: An Updated Systematic Review and Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. BMJ. 2021;375. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.n2183
  3. Levis B, Negeri ZF, Sun Y, Benedetti A, Thombs BD, for the DEPRESsion Screening Data (DEPRESSD) EPDS Collaboration. Accuracy of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) for Screening to Detect Major Depression among Pregnant and Postpartum Women: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Participant Data. BMJ 2020;371. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m4022 
  4. Levis B, Sun Y, He C, Wu Y, Krishnan A, Bhandari PM, Neupane D, Imran M, Brehaut E, Negeri ZF, Fischer FH. Accuracy of the PHQ-2 alone and in combination with the PHQ-9 for screening to detect major depression: systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA. 2020;323(22):2290-300. DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.6504
  5. Negeri ZF and Beyene J. Robust bivariate random-effects model for accommodating outlying and influential studies in meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2020; 29:3308-3325. DOI: 10.1177/0962280220925840
  6. Negeri ZF and Beyene J. Skew-normal random-effects model for meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) studies. Biometrical Journal. 2020; 62:1223–1244. DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201900184
  7. Negeri ZF and Beyene J. Statistical methods for detecting outlying and influential studies in meta-analysis of diagnostic test accuracy studies. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 2020; 29:1227–1242. DOI: 10.1177/0962280219852747
  8. Negeri ZF, Shaikh M and Beyene J. Bivariate random-effects meta-analysis models for diagnostic test accuracy studies using arcsine-based transformations. Biometrical Journal. 2018; 60:827–844. DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201700101